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北京谱仪Ⅲ实验上的粲强子研究

Experimental studies on charm hadrons with the Beijing Spectrometer Ⅲ

  • 摘要: 含粲强子包括由一个粲夸克(c)与一个反轻夸克(uds)组成的粲介子或与一对轻夸克组成的粲重子。处于强作用力基态的粲强子又被称为基态粲介子(D0,D+,Ds+)与基态粲重子(Λc+)。基态粲强子的衰变模式由会发生夸克味道改变的弱相互作用主导。这使得基态粲强子的衰变模式丰富多彩,是多角度检验弱作用理论的绝佳场所。另一方面,在基态粲强子的弱衰变过程中,粲夸克放出W规范玻色子后转换成轻夸克,这个轻夸克与其他末态夸克会受到强作用力再相互结合成末态强子,因此基态粲强子衰变也被用来检验强相互作用机制。BESⅢ实验在质心系能量3.773 GeV、4.128—4.226 GeV和4.6—4.95 GeV能区内采集了大量的实验数据,文章简要介绍了BESⅢ实验利用该数据得到的一系列关于基态粲强子衰变的物理成果。

     

    Abstract: Charm hadrons are particles composed of a charm quark paired with a light quark (u, d, s) to form charm mesons, or with a pair of light quarks to form charm baryons. In the ground state of the strong interaction they are referred to as ground-state charm mesons (D0, D+, Ds+) and ground-state charm baryons (Λc+). The decays of ground-state charm hadrons are dominated by weak interactions involving quark flavor transitions. This leads to a rich variety of decay patterns, making them an excellent testing ground for comprehensive studies of weak interaction theory from multiple perspectives. On the other hand, during the weak decay process, ground-state charm mesons emit a W gauge boson and transform into light quarks, which then undergo strong interactions, recombining to form final-state hadrons. The decays of ground-state charm hadrons are thus also used to probe the mechanisms of strong interactions. Experiments at the Beijing Spectrometer Ⅲ facility have collected a large amount of data at center-of-mass energies of 3.773, 4.128—4.226, and 4.6—4.95 GeV. This article briefly recounts a series of results obtained using these data to study the decays of ground-state charm hadrons.

     

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