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Observation of a resonancelike structure in the π+-ψ′ mass distribution in exclusive BKπ+-ψ′ decays


Authors listChoi, S. -K.; Olsen, S. L.; Adachi, I.; Aihara, H.; Aulchenko, V.; Aushev, T.; Aziz, T.; Bakich, A. M.; Balagura, V.; Bedny, I.; Bitenc, U.; Bondar, A.; Bozek, A.; Bracko, M.; Brodzicka, J.; Browder, T. E.; Chang, P.; Chao, Y.; Chen, A.; Chen, K. -F.; Chen, W. T.; Cheon, B. G.; Chistov, R.; Choi, Y.; Dalseno, J.; Danilov, M.; Dash, M.; Eidelman, S.; Gabyshev, N.; Golob, B.; Haba, J.; Hara, T.; Hayasaka, K.; Hayashii, H.; Hazumi, M.; Heffernan, D.; Hoshi, Y.; Hou, W. -S.; 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. O.; Kim, S. K.; Kim, Y. J.; Kinoshita, K.; Krizan, P.; Krokovny, P.; Kumar, R.; Kuo, C. C.; Kuzmin, A.; Kwon, Y. -J.; Lange, J. S.; Lee, J. S.; Lee, M. J.; Lee, S. E.; Lesiak, T.; Limosani, A.; Lin, S. -W.; Liu, Y.; Liventsev, D.; Mandl, F.; Matyja, A.; McOnie, S.; Medvedeva, T.; Mitaroff, W.; Miyabayashi, K.; Miyake, H.; Miyata, H.; Miyazaki, Y.; Mizuk, R.; Moloney, G. R.; Nakano, E.; Nakao, M.; Nishida, S.; Nitoh, O.; Nozaki, T.; Ogawa, S.; Ohshima, T.; Okuno, S.; Ozaki, H.; Pakhlov, P.; Pakhlova, G.; Park, C. W.; Park, H.; Peak, L. S.; Pestotnik, R.; Piilonen, L. E.; Sahoo, H.; Sakai, Y.; Schneider, O.; Schwartz, A. J.; Senyo, K.; Shapkin, M.; Shen, C. P.; Shibuya, H.; Shwartz, B.; Singh, J. B.; Somov, A.; Stanic, S.; Staric, M.; Sumiyoshi, T.; Suzuki, S. Y.; Takasaki, F.; Tamai, K.; Tanaka, M.; Teramoto, Y.; Tikhomirov, I.; Uehara, S.; Uglov, T.; Unno, Y.; Uno, S.; Urquijo, P.; Varner, G.; Vervink, K.; Villa, S.; Wang, C. H.; Wang, M. -Z.; Wang, P.; Wang, X. L.; Watanabe, Y.; Wedd, R.; Won, E.; Yabsley, B. D.; Yamashita, Y.; Yuan, C. Z.; Zhang, Z. P.; Zhulanov, V.; Zupanc, A.; Zyukova, O.

Publication year2008

JournalPhysical Review Letters

Volume number100

Issue number14

ISSN0031-9007

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.142001

PublisherAmerican Physical Society


Abstract
A distinct peak is observed in the pi(+/-)psi' invariant mass distribution near 4.43 GeV in B -> K pi(+/-)psi' decays. A fit using a Breit-Wigner resonance shape yields a peak mass and width of M=4433 +/- 4(stat)+/- 2(syst) MeV and Gamma=45(-13)(+18)(stat)(-13)(+30)(syst) MeV. The product branching fraction is determined to be B(B(0)-> K(-/+)Z(+/-)(4430))xB(Z(+/-)(4430)->pi(+/-)psi')=(4.1 +/- 1.0(stat)+/- 1.4(syst))x10(-5), where Z(+/-)(4430) is used to denote the observed structure. The statistical significance of the observed peak is 6.5 sigma. These results are obtained from a 605 fb(-1) data sample that contains 657x10(6) B (B) over bar pairs collected near the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric energy e(+)e(-) collider.



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Harvard Citation styleChoi, S., Olsen, S., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., et al. (2008) Observation of a resonancelike structure in the π+-ψ′ mass distribution in exclusive BKπ+-ψ′ decays, Physical Review Letters, 100(14), Article 142001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.142001

APA Citation styleChoi, S., Olsen, S., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Aziz, T., Bakich, A., Balagura, V., Bedny, I., Bitenc, U., Bondar, A., Bozek, A., Bracko, M., Brodzicka, J., Browder, T., Chang, P., Chao, Y., Chen, A., ...Zyukova, O. (2008). Observation of a resonancelike structure in the π+-ψ′ mass distribution in exclusive BKπ+-ψ′ decays. Physical Review Letters. 100(14), Article 142001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.142001



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ANNIHILATIONBELLECHARMONIUMMESONSQCDX(3872)

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