On heavy baryon decay form factors

Abstract

We consider in detail the consequences of the heavy quark mass limit in the weak decay of 1/2⁺ heavy baryons to 1/2⁺ and 3/2⁺ heavy baryon final states. We also analyze heavy baryon to light baryon transitions as well ase ⁺ e ⁻-annihilation into heavy baryon-antibaryonpairs. We discuss possible approximations to the most general approach and some of their implications for future experiments.