The allowed baryon to baryon–meson strong transitions

Abstract

Abstract We investigate the kinematically allowed baryon to baryon–meson strong transitions in all the light and heavy sectors. We consider only the ground state on-shell particles in the baryonic and mesonic channels. In the case of mesons, only the well-established pseudoscslar and vector nonets are involved. For the baryons, we consider the ground state spin 1/2 and 3/2 baryons. Using all the restrictions and conservation laws, a mathematica/ python code selects the allowed strong channels among many possible transitions. Using the strong coupling constants defining these transitions, we estimate the strong width and beaching fraction at each channel, that may help ongoing experimental and theoretical investigations.