Search for the pentaquark via the Pcs0 → K * 0K- p decay

E. M. Aitala; S. Amato; J. C. Anjos; J. A. Appel; D. Ashery; S. Banerjee; I. Bediaga; G. Blaylock; S. B. Bracker; P. R. Burchat; R. A. Burnstein; T. Carter; H. S. Carvalho; N. K. Copty; L. M. Cremaldi; C. Darling; K. Denisenko; A. Fernandez; G. F. Fox; P. Gagnon; S. Gerzon; C. Gobel; K. Gounder; A. M. Hailing; G. Herrera; G. Hurvits; C. James; P. A. Kasper; S. Kwan; D. C. Langs; J. Leslie; J. Lichtenstadt; B. Lundberg; S. MayTal-Beck; B. T. Meadows; J. R.T. De Mello Neto; D. Mihalcea; R. H. Milburn; J. M. De Miranda; A. Napier; A. Nguyen; A. B. D'Oliveira; K. O'Shaughnessy; K. C. Peng; L. P. Perera; M. V. Purohit; B. Quinn; S. Radeztsky; A. Rafatian; N. W. Reay; J. J. Reidy; A. C. Dos Reis; H. A. Rubin; D. A. Sanders; A. K.S. Santha; A. F.S. Santoro; A. J. Schwartz; M. Sheaff; R. A. Sidwell; A. J. Slaughter; M. D. Sokoloff; J. Solano; N. R. Stanton; R. J. Stefanski; K. Stenson; D. J. Summers; S. Takach; K. Thorne; A. K. Tripathi; S. Watanabe; R. Weiss-Babai; J. Wiener; N. Witchey; E. Wolin; S. M. Yang; D. Yi; S. Yoshida; R. Zaliznyak; C. Zhang

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Search for the pentaquark via the P_cs⁰ → K * ⁰K^- p decay

E. M. Aitala^*, S. Amato, J. C. Anjos, J. A. Appel, D. Ashery, S. Banerjee, I. Bediaga, G. Blaylock, S. B. Bracker, P. R. Burchat, R. A. Burnstein, T. Carter, H. S. Carvalho, N. K. Copty, L. M. Cremaldi, C. Darling, K. Denisenko, A. Fernandez, G. F. Fox, P. GagnonS. Gerzon, C. Gobel, K. Gounder, A. M. Hailing, G. Herrera, G. Hurvits, C. James, P. A. Kasper, S. Kwan, D. C. Langs, J. Leslie, J. Lichtenstadt, B. Lundberg, S. MayTal-Beck, B. T. Meadows, J. R.T. De Mello Neto, D. Mihalcea, R. H. Milburn, J. M. De Miranda, A. Napier, A. Nguyen, A. B. D'Oliveira, K. O'Shaughnessy, K. C. Peng, L. P. Perera, M. V. Purohit, B. Quinn, S. Radeztsky, A. Rafatian, N. W. Reay, J. J. Reidy, A. C. Dos Reis, H. A. Rubin, D. A. Sanders, A. K.S. Santha, A. F.S. Santoro, A. J. Schwartz, M. Sheaff, R. A. Sidwell, A. J. Slaughter, M. D. Sokoloff, J. Solano, N. R. Stanton, R. J. Stefanski, K. Stenson, D. J. Summers, S. Takach, K. Thorne, A. K. Tripathi, S. Watanabe, R. Weiss-Babai, J. Wiener, N. Witchey, E. Wolin, S. M. Yang, D. Yi, S. Yoshida, R. Zaliznyak, C. Zhang

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We have searched for evidence of the production and decay of a neutral bound-state pentaquark, one of a predicted doublet of states: P_c̄s⁰ = |c̄suud〉 and P_c̄s^- = |c̄sddu〉. Specifically, we have searched for the decay P_c̄s⁰ → K * ⁰K^- p in data from Fermilab experiment E791, in which a 500 GeV/e π^- beam interacted with nuclear targets. We find mass-dependent upper limits at the 90% confidence level for the ratio of cross section times branching fraction of this decay relative to that for the decay D_s^- → K * ⁰K^-. The upper limits vary between 0.016 and 0.036 for M(P_c̄s⁰) between 2.75 and 2.91 GeV/c², assuming a pentaquark lifetime of 0.4 ps.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	303-310
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	448
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00058-1
State	Published - 1999

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Aitala, E. M., Amato, S., Anjos, J. C., Appel, J. A., Ashery, D., Banerjee, S., Bediaga, I., Blaylock, G., Bracker, S. B., Burchat, P. R., Burnstein, R. A., Carter, T., Carvalho, H. S., Copty, N. K., Cremaldi, L. M., Darling, C., Denisenko, K., Fernandez, A., Fox, G. F., ... Zhang, C. (1999). Search for the pentaquark via the P_cs⁰ → K * ⁰K^- p decay. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 448(3-4), 303-310. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00058-1

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AU - Aitala, E. M.

AU - Amato, S.

AU - Anjos, J. C.

AU - Appel, J. A.

AU - Ashery, D.

AU - Banerjee, S.

AU - Bediaga, I.

AU - Blaylock, G.

AU - Bracker, S. B.

AU - Burchat, P. R.

AU - Burnstein, R. A.

AU - Carter, T.

AU - Carvalho, H. S.

AU - Copty, N. K.

AU - Cremaldi, L. M.

AU - Darling, C.

AU - Denisenko, K.

AU - Fernandez, A.

AU - Fox, G. F.

AU - Gagnon, P.

AU - Gerzon, S.

AU - Gobel, C.

AU - Gounder, K.

AU - Hailing, A. M.

AU - Herrera, G.

AU - Hurvits, G.

AU - James, C.

AU - Kasper, P. A.

AU - Kwan, S.

AU - Langs, D. C.

AU - Leslie, J.

AU - Lichtenstadt, J.

AU - Lundberg, B.

AU - MayTal-Beck, S.

AU - Meadows, B. T.

AU - De Mello Neto, J. R.T.

AU - Mihalcea, D.

AU - Milburn, R. H.

AU - De Miranda, J. M.

AU - Napier, A.

AU - Nguyen, A.

AU - D'Oliveira, A. B.

AU - O'Shaughnessy, K.

AU - Peng, K. C.

AU - Perera, L. P.

AU - Purohit, M. V.

AU - Quinn, B.

AU - Radeztsky, S.

AU - Rafatian, A.

AU - Reay, N. W.

AU - Reidy, J. J.

AU - Dos Reis, A. C.

AU - Rubin, H. A.

AU - Sanders, D. A.

AU - Santha, A. K.S.

AU - Santoro, A. F.S.

AU - Schwartz, A. J.

AU - Sheaff, M.

AU - Sidwell, R. A.

AU - Slaughter, A. J.

AU - Sokoloff, M. D.

AU - Solano, J.

AU - Stanton, N. R.

AU - Stefanski, R. J.

AU - Stenson, K.

AU - Summers, D. J.

AU - Takach, S.

AU - Thorne, K.

AU - Tripathi, A. K.

AU - Watanabe, S.

AU - Weiss-Babai, R.

AU - Wiener, J.

AU - Witchey, N.

AU - Wolin, E.

AU - Yang, S. M.

AU - Yi, D.

AU - Yoshida, S.

AU - Zaliznyak, R.

AU - Zhang, C.

N1 - Funding Information: We thank Dr. Harry Lipkin for many fruitful discussions. We gratefully acknowledge the staffs of Fermilab and of all the participating institutions. This research was supported by the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientı́fico e Technológio, the Mexican Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologica, the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the United States Department of Energy, the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation, and the United States National Science Foundation. Fermilab is operated by the Universities Research Association, Inc., under contract with the United States Department of Energy.

PY - 1999

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