First inverse moment of the doubly-heavy baryon distribution amplitude from HQET sum rules

Abstract

Heavy-quark symmetry (HQS), despite being approximate, allows to relate dynamically many hadron systems. In the HQS-limit doubly-heavy baryons, whose dynamics is determined by a light quark situated in a color field of a static pair of heavy quarks, are similar to heavy mesons with a heavy antiquark. Non-local interpolation currents are introduced and corresponding matrix elements between the baryon and vacuum state are expressed in terms of light-cone distribution amplitudes. As well known, the first inverse moment of the leading twist -meson distribution amplitude (DA) is a very important hadronic parameter needed for an accurate theoretical description of -meson exclusive decays. It is quite natural that a similar moment of doubly-heavy baryons is of importance in exclusive doubly-heavy baryons' decays. We obtain HQET sum rules for the first inverse moment based on the correlation functions containing nonlocal heavy-light operators of doubly-heavy baryons and their local interpolating currents.