The $a_0(980)$ in the single Cabibbo-suppressed process $Λ_c \to π^0ηp$
In this work, we have investigated the Cabibbo-suppressed process $Λ_c \to π^0ηp$, by taking into account the intermediate scalar state $a_0(980)$, which could be dynamically generated from the $S$-wave pseudoscalar-pseudoscalar interaction within the chiral unitary approach. We have calculated the $π^0η$ invariant mass distribution, and found that there is a significant structure associated to the $a_0(980)$. We have also roughly estimated the branching fraction $\mathcal{B}(Λ_c \to π^0ηp) \sim 10^{-4}$. We encourage our experimental colleagues to measure the process $Λ_c \to π^0ηp$ for searching for the state $a_0(980)$ in this reaction.