W-exchange contribution in hadronic decays of bottom baryon

Abstract

The nonleptonic decays of \Lambda_{b} that are dominated by W exchange are studied. In particular, the decay modes \varLambda_{b}\to\varDelta^{0}D^{0},\varDelta^{-}D^{+},\Sigma^{*-}D_{s}^{+}, \Lambda_{b}\to\Sigma_{c}^{*+}\pi^{-},\Sigma_{c}^{*0}\pi^{0},\Xi_{c}^{*0}K^{0} and \varLambda_{b}\to\Sigma_{c}^{+}\pi^{-} are analyzed. In an another aspect, the decay \Lambda_{b}\to\Lambda_{c}^{+}\pi^{-} in the factorization anstaz is studied. It is shown that factorization contributes to parity-violating (s-wave) amplitude A only. Hence factorization gives asymmetry parameter \alpha=0. However, the dominant contribution to parity conserving (p-wave) amplitude B comes from W exchange, i.e., from the baryon pole, giving asymmetry parameter \alpha=-0.77.