New Predictions for the Lifetimes of Doubly Heavy Baryons and the $B_c$ Meson

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Autores principales: Dulibić, Lovro, Melić, Blaženka, Nišandžić, Ivan
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author Dulibić, Lovro
Melić, Blaženka
Nišandžić, Ivan
author_facet Dulibić, Lovro
Melić, Blaženka
Nišandžić, Ivan
contents We present updated predictions for the lifetimes of all weakly decaying doubly heavy baryons, including $bb$, $cc$, and $bc$ baryons, as well as for the $B_c$ meson. The analysis includes NNLO corrections to the leading dimension-three contribution, NLO corrections to the chromomagnetic term, and the complete set of currently known NLO corrections to the dimension-six heavy-light quark spectator contributions, including penguin terms. We also compare the results in the $\overline{\rm MS}$, kinetic, and, where applicable, $Υ$ mass schemes. For the $bc$ baryons, we present predictions for both possible ground-state diquark-spin assignments, $S_{bc}=0$ and $S_{bc}=1$. In the kinetic scheme we obtain the lifetime hierarchies $τ(Ξ^0_{bb})<τ(Ξ^-_{bb})\simeqτ(Ω^-_{bb})$, $τ(Ξ^+_{cc})<τ(Ω^+_{cc})<τ(Ξ^{++}_{cc})$, $τ(Ξ^0_{bc})\lesssimτ(Ω^0_{bc})<τ(Ξ^+_{bc})$ for $S_{bc}=0$, and $τ(Ξ^{\prime\, 0}_{bc})<τ(Ω^{\prime\, 0}_{bc})<τ(Ξ^{\prime\, +}_{bc})$ for $S_{bc}=1$. We also revisit the $B_c$ lifetime and discuss the impact of the newly included Darwin term.
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spellingShingle New Predictions for the Lifetimes of Doubly Heavy Baryons and the $B_c$ Meson
Dulibić, Lovro
Melić, Blaženka
Nišandžić, Ivan
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
We present updated predictions for the lifetimes of all weakly decaying doubly heavy baryons, including $bb$, $cc$, and $bc$ baryons, as well as for the $B_c$ meson. The analysis includes NNLO corrections to the leading dimension-three contribution, NLO corrections to the chromomagnetic term, and the complete set of currently known NLO corrections to the dimension-six heavy-light quark spectator contributions, including penguin terms. We also compare the results in the $\overline{\rm MS}$, kinetic, and, where applicable, $Υ$ mass schemes. For the $bc$ baryons, we present predictions for both possible ground-state diquark-spin assignments, $S_{bc}=0$ and $S_{bc}=1$. In the kinetic scheme we obtain the lifetime hierarchies $τ(Ξ^0_{bb})<τ(Ξ^-_{bb})\simeqτ(Ω^-_{bb})$, $τ(Ξ^+_{cc})<τ(Ω^+_{cc})<τ(Ξ^{++}_{cc})$, $τ(Ξ^0_{bc})\lesssimτ(Ω^0_{bc})<τ(Ξ^+_{bc})$ for $S_{bc}=0$, and $τ(Ξ^{\prime\, 0}_{bc})<τ(Ω^{\prime\, 0}_{bc})<τ(Ξ^{\prime\, +}_{bc})$ for $S_{bc}=1$. We also revisit the $B_c$ lifetime and discuss the impact of the newly included Darwin term.
title New Predictions for the Lifetimes of Doubly Heavy Baryons and the $B_c$ Meson
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.04967