First measurements of J/Psi decays into $\Sigma^+ \bar{\Sigma}^-$ and $\Xi^0 \bar{\Xi}^0$

Abstract

Based on 58 million J/Psi events collected with the BESII detector at the BEPC, the baryon pair processes J/Psi to $\Sigma^+ \bar{\Sigma}^-$ and J/Psi to $\Xi^0 \bar{\Xi}^0$ are observed for the first time. The branching fractions are measured to be ${\cal B}(J/Psi to \Sigma^+ \bar{\Sigma}^-)=(1.50\pm 0.10\pm 0.22)\times 10^{-3}$ and ${\cal B}(J/Psi to \Xi^0 \bar{\Xi}^0)=(1.20\pm 0.12\pm 0.21)\times 10^{-3}$, where the first errors are statistical and the second ones are systematic.