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Observation of a Near-Threshold Enhancement in the e+ e-→ Λc+ Λc- Cross Section Using Initial-State Radiation


Authors listPakhlova, G.; Adachi, I.; Aihara, H.; Arinstein, K.; Aulchenko, V.; Aushev, T.; Bakich, A. M.; Balagura, V.; Bedny, I.; Bhardwaj, V.; Bitenc, U.; Bondar, A.; Bozek, A.; Bracko, M.; Brodzicka, J.; Browder, T. E.; Chang, P.; Chen, A.; Cheon, B. G.; Chiang, C. -C.; Chistov, R.; Cho, I. -S.; Choi, S. -K.; Choi, Y.; Dalseno, J.; Danilov, M.; Dash, M.; Eidelman, S.; Gabyshev, N.; Ha, H.; Haba, J.; Hayasaka, K.; Hazumi, M.; Heffernan, D.; Hoshi, Y.; Hou, W. -S.; Hsiung, Y. B.; Hyun, H. J.; Iijima, T.; Inami, K.; Ishikawa, A.; Ishino, H.; Itoh, R.; Iwasaki, M.; Iwasaki, Y.; Kah, D. H.; Kang, J. H.; Katayama, N.; Kawai, H.; Kawasaki, T.; Kichimi, H.; Kim, H. J.; Kim, H. O.; Kim, S. K.; Kim, Y. I.; Kim, Y. J.; Kinoshita, K.; Krizan, P.; Krokovny, P.; Kumar, R.; Kuzmin, A.; Kwon, Y. -J.; Kyeong, S. -H.; Lange, J. S.; Lee, J. S.; Lee, S. E.; Lesiak, T.; Li, J.; Limosani, A.; Liu, C.; Liventsev, D.; Mandl, F.; Matyja, A.; Miyabayashi, K.; Miyata, H.; Miyazaki, Y.; Mizuk, R.; Mori, T.; Nakano, E.; Nakao, M.; Natkaniec, Z.; Nishida, S.; Nitoh, O.; Noguchi, S.; Ogawa, S.; Ohshima, T.; Okuno, S.; Olsen, S. L.; Ozaki, H.; Pakhlov, P.; Palka, H.; Park, C. W.; Park, H.; Park, H. K.; Peak, L. S.; Piilonen, L. E.; Poluektov, A.; Sahoo, H.; Sakai, Y.; Schneider, O.; Senyo, K.; Shapkin, M.; Shen, C. P.; Shiu, J. -G.; Shwartz, B.; Singh, J. B.; Sokolov, A.; Stanic, S.; Staric, M.; Sumiyoshi, T.; Tanaka, M.; Taylor, G. N.; Teramoto, Y.; Tikhomirov, I.; Uehara, S.; Uglov, T.; Unno, Y.; Uno, S.; Urquijo, P.; Usov, Y.; Varner, G.; Wang, C. H.; Wang, M. -Z.; Wang, P.; Wang, X. L.; Watanabe, Y.; Wedd, R.; Won, E.; Yabsley, B. D.; Yamashita, Y.; Yamauchi, M.; Yuan, C. Z.; Zhang, C. C.; Zhang, Z. P.; Zhilich, V.; Zhulanov, V.; Zivko, T.; Zupanc, A.; Zyukova, O.

Publication year2008

JournalPhysical Review Letters

Volume number101

Issue number17

ISSN0031-9007

eISSN1079-7114

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.172001

PublisherAmerican Physical Society


Abstract
We report a measurement of the exclusive e(+) e(-) -> Lambda(+)(c)Lambda(-)(c) cross section as a function of center-of-mass energy near the Lambda(+)(c)Lambda(-)(c) threshold. A clear peak with a significance of 8.2 sigma is observed in the Lambda(+)(c)Lambda(-)(c) invariant mass distribution just above threshold. With an assumption of a resonance origin for the observed peak, a mass and width of M = [4634(-7)(+8)(stat)(-8)(+5)(syst)] MeV/c(2) and Gamma(tot) = [92(-24)(+40)(stat)(-21)(+10)(syst)] MeV are determined. The analysis is based on a study of events with initial-state-radiation photons in a data sample collected with the Belle detector at the Upsilon(4S) resonance and nearby continuum with an integrated luminosity of 695 fb(-1) at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider.



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Harvard Citation stylePakhlova, G., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Arinstein, K., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., et al. (2008) Observation of a Near-Threshold Enhancement in the e+ e-→ Λc+ Λc- Cross Section Using Initial-State Radiation, Physical Review Letters, 101(17), Article 172001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.172001

APA Citation stylePakhlova, G., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Arinstein, K., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Bakich, A., Balagura, V., Bedny, I., Bhardwaj, V., Bitenc, U., Bondar, A., Bozek, A., Bracko, M., Brodzicka, J., Browder, T., Chang, P., Chen, A., Cheon, B., ...Zyukova, O. (2008). Observation of a Near-Threshold Enhancement in the e+ e-→ Λc+ Λc- Cross Section Using Initial-State Radiation. Physical Review Letters. 101(17), Article 172001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.172001


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