Measurement of the spin of the {xi}(1530) resonance
- Laboratoire de Physique des Particules, IN2P3/CNRS et Universite de Savoie, F-74941 Annecy-Le-Vieux (France)
- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Departament ECM, E-08028 Barcelona (Spain)
- Universita di Bari, Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, I-70126 Bari (Italy)
- University of Bergen, Institute of Physics, N-5007 Bergen (Norway)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
The properties of the {xi}(1530) resonance are investigated in the {lambda}{sub c}{sup +}{yields}{xi}{sup -}{pi}{sup +}K{sup +} decay process. The data sample was collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy e{sup +}e{sup -} collider operating at center-of-mass energies 10.58 and 10.54 GeV. The corresponding integrated luminosity is approximately 230 fb{sup -1}. The spin of the {xi}(1530) is established to be 3/2. The existence of an S-wave amplitude in the {xi}{sup -}{pi}{sup +} system is inferred, and its interference with the {xi}(1530){sup 0} amplitude provides the first clear demonstration of the Breit-Wigner phase motion expected for the {xi}(1530). The P{sub 1}(cos{theta}{sub {xi}}{sub {sup -}}) Legendre polynomial moment indicates the presence of a significant S-wave amplitude for {xi}{sup -}{pi}{sup +} mass values above 1.6 GeV/c{sup 2}, and a dip in the mass distribution at approximately 1.7 GeV/c{sup 2} is interpreted as due to the coherent addition of a {xi}(1690){sup 0} contribution to this amplitude. This would imply J{sup P}=1/2{sup -} for the {xi}(1690). Attempts at fitting the {xi}(1530){sup 0} line shape yield unsatisfactory results, and this failure is attributed to interference effects associated with the amplitudes describing the K{sup +}{pi}{sup +} and/or {xi}{sup -}K{sup +} systems.
- OSTI ID:
- 21250612
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 78, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.034008; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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