We construct an effective hadronic model including ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c(2595)$, ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c(2625)$, ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b(5912)$, and ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b(5920)$, regarding them as chiral partners to ${\mathrm{\Sigma }}_c(2455)$, ${\mathrm{\Sigma }}_c(2520)$, ${\mathrm{\Sigma }}_b$, and ${\mathrm{\Sigma }}_b^{*}$, respectively, with respecting the chiral symmetry and heavy-quark spin-flavor symmetry. We determine the model parameters from the experimental data for relevant masses and decay widths of ${\mathrm{\Sigma }}_c^{(*)}$ and ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c(2595)$. Then, we study the decay widths of ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c(2625)$, ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b(5912)$, and ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b(5920)$. We find that, although the decay of ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c(2595)$ is dominated by the resonant contribution through ${\mathrm{\Sigma }}_c(2455)$, nonresonant contributions are important for ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c(2625)$, ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b(5912)$, and ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_b(5920)$, which reflects the chiral partner structure. We also study the radiative decays of the baryons, and show that each of their widths is determined from the radiative decay width of their chiral partners.

• Received 25 April 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.114024

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