First Observation of the Doubly Charmed Baryon Decay Ξ_{cc}^{++}→Ξ_{c}^{+}π^{+}

Abstract

The doubly charmed baryon decay Ξ_{cc}^{++}→Ξ_{c}^{+}π^{+} is observed for the first time, with a statistical significance of 5.9σ, confirming a recent observation of the baryon in the Λ_{c}^{+}K^{-}π^{+}π^{+} final state. The data sample used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 1.7 fb^{-1}, collected by the LHCb experiment in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The Ξ_{cc}^{++} mass is measured to be 3620.6±1.5(stat)±0.4(syst)±0.3(Ξ_{c}^{+}) MeV/c^{2} and is consistent with the previous result. The ratio of branching fractions between the decay modes is measured to be [B(Ξ_{cc}^{++}→Ξ_{c}^{+}π^{+})×B(Ξ_{c}^{+}→pK^{-}π^{+})]/[B(Ξ_{cc}^{++}→Λ_{c}^{+}K^{-}π^{+}π^{+})×B(Λ_{c}^{+}→pK^{-}π^{+})]=0.035±0.009(stat)±0.003(syst).