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CP violation in the hyperon decays $Σ\to Nπ$

The study of $CP$ violation in hyperon transitions has a long history. In the early 2000s the HyperCP experiment made a major effort to seek $CP$-odd signals in the decay sequence $Ξ^-\toΛπ^-$ and $Λ\to pπ^-$, which motivated more searches. Most recently the BESIII and LHCb Collaborations have acquired or improved the upper bounds on $CP$ violation in a variety of hyperon nonleptonic processes, including $Σ^+\to nπ^+$ and $Σ^+\to pπ^0$. These measurements have not reached the standard-model level yet, but have stimulated a renewed interest in $CP$-violating new physics in strange-quark decay beyond what is constrained by the parameters $\varepsilon$ and $\varepsilon^\prime$ from the kaon sector. In this paper, after updating the standard-model expectations for $CP$-odd observables in the modes $Σ^\pm\to Nπ$, we revisit new-physics scenarios that could enhance the corresponding quantities in $Λ\to Nπ$ and $Ξ\toΛπ$ and apply them to the $Σ^\pm$ modes. We find that the $CP$ asymmetries in the latter can be significantly increased over the standard-model expectations, at levels which may be tested in the ongoing BESIII experiment and in future endeavors such as PANDA and the Super Tau Charm Facility.