Table 1. The information theoretic content of the weak decay processes violating the strangeness number.
hyperon (quarks) | decay channel (frequency) | phase shift χSP in[π] | visibility | predictability |
---|---|---|---|---|
Λ(uds) | pπ− (63.9%) | −(0.043 ± 0.023) | 0.648 ± 0.014 | 0.762 ± 0.012 |
nπ0 (35.8%) | −(0.042 ± 0.023) | 0.656 ± 0.040* | 0.755 ± 0.034* | |
(63.9%) | 0.036 ± 0.021 | 0.714 ± 0.079* | 0.700 ± 0.080* | |
Σ−(dds) | nπ− (99.8%) | −(0.38 ± 0.16) | 0.19 ± 0.24 | 0.98 ± 0.05 |
Σ+(uus) | pπ0 (51.6%) | −(0.038±0.035) | 0.976 ± 0.016 | 0.161 ± 0.097 |
nπ+(48.3%) | 0.41 ± 0.13 | 0.24 ± 0.33 | 0.972 ± 0.078 | |
Ξ0(uss) | Λπ0 (99.5%) | 0.214 ± 0.085 | 0.53 ± 0.11 | 0.85 ± 0.07 |
Ξ−(dss) | Λπ− (99.8%) | 0.0226 ± 0.0086 | 0.459 ± 0.012 | 0.8884 ± 0.0062 |
The values and errors are taken from the particle data book15. The asterisk * denotes that the phase ϕ was not independently measured but deduced via conservation laws from the other decay modes. also decays into nπ0, however, it has not yet been measured. The only non-resonant hyperons with spin- are the Ω± particles, the measured asymmetry are close to zero (αΩ = 0.0180 ± 0.0024) and no ϕ information is available.