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Title: Search for the Charmed Pentaquark Candidate Theta_c(3100)^0 in e^+e^- Annihilations at \sqrt{s}=10.58 GeV

Abstract

We search for the charmed pentaquark candidate reported by the H1 collaboration, the {Theta}{sub c}(3100){sup o}, in e{sup +}e{sup -} interactions at a center-of-mass (c.m.) energy of 10.58 GeV, using 124 fb{sup -1} of data recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e{sup +}e{sup -} facility at SLAC. We find no evidence for such a state in the same pD*{sup -} decay mode reported by H1, and we set limits on its production cross section times branching fraction into pD*{sup -} as a function of c.m. momentum. The corresponding limit on its total rate per e{sup +}e{sup -} {yields} q{bar q} event, times branching fraction, is about three orders of magnitude lower than rates measured for the charmed {Lambda}{sub c} and {Sigma}{sub c} baryons in such events.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
878718
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-11779
hep-ex/0604006; TRN: US200613%%320
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; BARYONS; CROSS SECTIONS; DECAY; PRODUCTION; STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER; Experiment-HEP,HEPEX

Citation Formats

Aubert, B. Search for the Charmed Pentaquark Candidate Theta_c(3100)^0 in e^+e^- Annihilations at \sqrt{s}=10.58 GeV. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.2172/878718.
Aubert, B. Search for the Charmed Pentaquark Candidate Theta_c(3100)^0 in e^+e^- Annihilations at \sqrt{s}=10.58 GeV. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/878718
Aubert, B. 2006. "Search for the Charmed Pentaquark Candidate Theta_c(3100)^0 in e^+e^- Annihilations at \sqrt{s}=10.58 GeV". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/878718. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/878718.
@article{osti_878718,
title = {Search for the Charmed Pentaquark Candidate Theta_c(3100)^0 in e^+e^- Annihilations at \sqrt{s}=10.58 GeV},
author = {Aubert, B.},
abstractNote = {We search for the charmed pentaquark candidate reported by the H1 collaboration, the {Theta}{sub c}(3100){sup o}, in e{sup +}e{sup -} interactions at a center-of-mass (c.m.) energy of 10.58 GeV, using 124 fb{sup -1} of data recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e{sup +}e{sup -} facility at SLAC. We find no evidence for such a state in the same pD*{sup -} decay mode reported by H1, and we set limits on its production cross section times branching fraction into pD*{sup -} as a function of c.m. momentum. The corresponding limit on its total rate per e{sup +}e{sup -} {yields} q{bar q} event, times branching fraction, is about three orders of magnitude lower than rates measured for the charmed {Lambda}{sub c} and {Sigma}{sub c} baryons in such events.},
doi = {10.2172/878718},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/878718}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
month = {Fri Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2006}
}