Observation of the Doubly Charmed Baryon Ξcc+ with the LHCb Run 3 Detector
The first observation of the doubly charmed baryon Ξcc+ is reported through its decay to the Λc+K-π+ final state, with a statistical significance exceeding seven standard deviations. The observation is made using proton-proton collision data collected in 2024 with the LHCb Run 3 detector at a center-of-mass energy of 13.6 TeV, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 6.9 fb-1. The Ξcc+ mass is measured to be 3619.97±0.83±0.26-1.30+1.90 MeV/c2, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is due to the unknown Ξcc+ lifetime, which is assumed to lie in the range 15-160 fs with a baseline value of 45 fs. The difference between the masses of the Ξcc+ and Ξcc++ baryons is determined to be -1.77±0.84±0.15-1.30+1.90 MeV/c2. This is the first observation of a new particle made with the LHCb Run 3 detector.
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Aaij, R., Abdelfatah, M., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adefisoye, A. A., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adlarson, P., Agapopoulou, C., Aidala, C. A., Akar, S., Akiba, K., Albicocco, P., Albrecht, J., Aleksiejunas, R., Alessio, F., Alvarez Cartelle, P., et al. (2026). Observation of the Doubly Charmed Baryon Ξcc+ with the LHCb Run 3 Detector. Physical Review Letters, 137(2), Article 021902. https://doi.org/10.1103/dmv6-7gdv
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