Title: Another Source of Baryons in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>B</mml:mi></mml:math>Meson Decays
Abstract: It is usually assumed that the production of baryons in $B$ decays is induced primarily by the process $b\ensuremath{\rightarrow}c\overline{u}d$, where the charm quark hadronizes into a charmed baryon. Motivated by an examination of the ${\ensuremath{\Lambda}}_{c}$ momentum spectrum in the transition $B\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}_{c}X$, we consider the alternative hypothesis that the production of charmed baryons in $B$ decays is in fact dominated by the transition $b\ensuremath{\rightarrow}c\overline{c}s$, and is seen primarily in modes with two charmed baryons in the final state. The dominance of such a mechanism would have potentially important implications for the "charm deficit" in $B$ decays.