BESIII Observes Transverse Polarization of Charmed Baryons for the First Time
he BESIII Collaboration has observed, for the first time, transverse polarization of the lightest charmed baryon, the Λ₊⁺, produced in electron-positron annihilation near the production threshold. The study also provides a systematic investigation of the production and weak-decay dynamics of the Λ₊⁺. The results have been published in Physical Review X under the title "Production and Decay Dynamics of the Charmed Baryon Λ₊⁺ in e⁺ e⁻ Annihilations near Threshold." This marks the first publication by the BESIII Collaboration in Physical Review X.