First observation of the doubly charmed baryon decay $Xi_{cc}^{++}rightarrow Xi_{c}^{+}pi^{+}$

The doubly charmed baryon decay $Xi_{cc}^{++} rightarrow Xi_{c}^{+} pi^{+}$ is observed for the first time, with a statistical significance of $5.9sigma$, confirming a recent observation of the baryon in the $Lambda_c^{+} K^{-} pi^{+} pi^{+}$ final state. The data sample used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $1.7,mathrm{fb}^{-1}$, collected by the LHCb experiment in $pp$ collisions at a center-of-mass energy of $13mathrm{,Tekern -0.1em V}$. The $Xi_{cc}^{++}$ mass is measured to be begin{equation} onumber 3620.6pm 1.5~(text{stat})pm 0.4~(text{syst}) pm 0.3~(Xi_{c}^{+})~text{MeV}/it{c}^{2}, end{equation} and is consistent with the previous result. The ratio of branching fractions between the decay modes is measured to be begin{equation} onumber frac{mathcal{B} (Xi_{cc}^{++} rightarrow Xi_{c}^{+} pi^{+}) times mathcal{B}(Xi_{c}^{+} rightarrow pK^{-}pi^{+})} {mathcal{B} (Xi_{cc}^{++} rightarrow Lambda_c^{+} K^{-} pi^{+} pi^{+}) times mathcal{B}(Lambda_c^{+} rightarrow pK^{-}pi^{+})} = 0.035pm 0.009~(text{stat}) pm 0.003~(text{syst}). end{equation}