Strong coupling constants of heavy spin-3/2 baryons with light pseudoscalar mesons

The strong coupling constants among members of the heavy spin-3/2 baryons containing single heavy quark with light pseudoscalar mesons are calculated in the framework of the light cone QCD sum rules. Using symmetry arguments, some structure independent relations among different correlation functions are obtained. It is shown that all possible transitions can be described in terms of one universal invariant function whose explicit expression is Lorenz structure dependent. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.