Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 1075–1078 (1994)Another Source of Baryons in B Meson DecaysReceived 25 May 1994; published in the issue dated 22 August 1994 It is usually assumed that the production of baryons in B decays is induced primarily by the process b→cu̅ d, where the charm quark hadronizes into a charmed baryon. Motivated by an examination of the Λc momentum spectrum in the transition B→ΛcX, we consider the alternative hypothesis that the production of charmed baryons in B decays is in fact dominated by the transition b→cc̅ s, and is seen primarily in modes with two charmed baryons in the final state. The dominance of such a mechanism would have potentially important implications for the "charm deficit" in B decays. © 1994 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1075
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1075
PACS:
13.25.Hw, 12.39.Ki
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