Observation of New Radiative Decays of Excited Hyperons Λ(1520)/Λ(1690) at BESIII
On April 8, 2026, the BESIII Collaboration achieved a significant breakthrough in the study of electromagnetic radiative decays of excited hyperons: for the first time, the radiative decays of the excited states Λ(1520) and Λ(1690) into a photon (γ) and a Σ⁰ particles were observed. This result has been published in Physical Review Letters (Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 141801 (2026)).