Heavy baryonic Λb→Λη(′) decays

M.R. Ahmady, C.S. Kim, Sechul Oh, Chaehyun Yu
2004 Physics Letters B  
We calculate the branching ratios of the hadronic Λ_b decays to η and η^' in the factorization approximation where the form factors are estimated via QCD sum rules and the pole model. Our results indicate that, contrary to B→ Kη^(') decays, the branching ratios for Λ_b→Λη and Λ_b→Λη^' are more or less the same in the hadronic Λ_b transitions. We estimate the branching ratio of Λ_b→Λη^(') to be 10.80 (10.32)× 10^-6 in QCD sum rules, and 2.78 (2.96)× 10^-6 in the pole model. We also estimate the
more » ... onfactorizable gluon fusion contribution to Λ_b→Λη^' decay by dividing this process into strong and weak vertices. Our results point to an enhancement of more than an order of magnitude due to this mechanism.
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2004.07.048 fatcat:2jrvg4nf5zgmho3zmiehgcdgaq