arXiv · 2510.24333
Test of $CP$ Symmetry in the Neutral Decays of $\Lambda$ via $J/\psi\to\Lambda\bar{\Lambda}$
Abstract
Using $(10087\pm44)\times10^{6}$ $J/\psi$ events collected with the BESIII detector, a full angular distribution analysis is carried out on the process $J/\psi\rightarrow\Lambda\bar{\Lambda}\rightarrow n\pi^{0}\bar{p}\pi^{+}+c.c.$ The decay parameters $\alpha_{0}$ for $\Lambda\rightarrow n\pi^{0}$ and $\bar{\alpha}_{0}$ for $\bar{\Lambda}\rightarrow \bar{n}\pi^{0}$ are measured to be $0.668\pm0.007\pm0.002$ and $-0.677\pm0.007\pm0.003$, respectively, yielding the most precise test for $CP$ symmetry of neutral decays of $\Lambda$, $A_{CP}^{0}=(\alpha_{0}+\bar{\alpha}_{0})/(\alpha_{0}-\bar{\alpha}_{0})$, to be $-0.006\pm0.007\pm0.002$. The ratios $\alpha_{0}/\alpha_{-}$ and $\bar{\alpha}_{0}/\alpha_{+}$ are determined to be $0.884\pm0.013\pm0.006$ and $0.885\pm0.013\pm0.004$, where $\alpha_{-}$ and $\alpha_{+}$ are the decay parameters of $\Lambda\rightarrow p\pi^{-}$ and $\bar{\Lambda}\rightarrow\bar{p}\pi^{+}$, respectively. The ratios, found to be smaller than unity by more than $5\sigma$, confirm the presence of the $\Delta I = 3/2$ transition in the $\Lambda$ and $\bar{\Lambda}$ decays, which is expected to improve the theoretical calculations for strong and weak phases, and $A_{CP}$, in hyperon decays. In all results, the first and second uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively.
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BESIII Collaboration, M. Ablikim, M. N. Achasov, P. Adlarson, X. C. Ai, R. Aliberti, A. Amoroso, Q. An, Y. Bai, O. Bakina, Y. Ban, H. -R. Bao, V. Batozskaya, K. Begzsuren, N. Berger, M. Berlowski, M. B. Bertani, D. Bettoni, F. Bianchi, E. Bianco, A. Bortone, I. Boyko, R. A. Briere, A. Brueggemann, H. Cai, M. H. Cai, X. Cai, A. Calcaterra, G. F. Cao, N. Cao, S. A. Cetin, X. Y. Chai, J. F. Chang, T. T. Chang, G. R. Che, Y. Z. Che, C. H. Chen, Chao Chen, G. Chen, H. S. Chen, H. Y. Chen, M. L. Chen, S. J. Chen, S. M. Chen, T. Chen, X. R. Chen, X. T. Chen, X. Y. Chen, Y. B. Chen, Y. Q. Chen, Z. K. Chen, J. C. Cheng, L. N. Cheng, S. K. Choi, X. Chu, G. Cibinetto, F. Cossio, J. Cottee-Meldrum, H. L. Dai, J. P. Dai, X. C. Dai, A. Dbeyssi, R. E. de Boer, D. Dedovich, C. Q. Deng, Z. Y. Deng, A. Denig, I. Denisenko, M. Destefanis, F. De Mori, X. X. Ding, Y. Ding, Y. X. Ding, J. Dong, L. Y. Dong, M. Y. Dong, X. Dong, M. C. Du, S. X. Du, X. L. Du, Y. Y. Duan, Z. H. Duan, P. Egorov, G. F. Fan, J. J. Fan, Y. H. Fan, J. Fang, S. S. Fang, W. X. Fang, Y. Q. Fang, L. Fava, F. Feldbauer, G. Felici, C. Q. Feng, J. H. Feng, L. Feng, Q. X. Feng, Y. T. Feng, M. Fritsch, C. D. Fu. 2025-10-28. Test of $CP$ Symmetry in the Neutral Decays of $\Lambda$ via $J/\psi\to\Lambda\bar{\Lambda}$. https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24333
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