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

  • S. K. Choi
  • , S. L. Olsen
  • , I. Adachi
  • , H. Aihara
  • , V. Aulchenko
  • , T. Aushev
  • , T. Aziz
  • , A. M. Bakich
  • , V. Balagura
  • , I. Bedny
  • , U. Bitenc
  • , A. Bondar
  • , A. Bozek
  • , M. Bračko
  • , J. Brodzicka
  • , T. E. Browder
  • , P. Chang
  • , Y. Chao
  • , A. Chen
  • , K. F. Chen
  • W. T. Chen, B. G. Cheon, R. Chistov, Y. Choi, J. Dalseno, M. Danilov, M. Dash, S. Eidelman, N. Gabyshev, B. Golob, J. Haba, T. Hara, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, M. Hazumi, D. Heffernan, Y. Hoshi, W. S. Hou, H. J. Hyun, T. Iijima, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, H. Ishino, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, D. H. Kah, J. H. Kang, N. Katayama, H. Kawai, T. Kawasaki, H. Kichimi, H. O. Kim, S. K. Kim, Y. J. Kim, K. Kinoshita, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, R. Kumar, C. C. Kuo, A. Kuzmin, Y. J. Kwon, J. S. Lange, J. S. Lee, M. J. Lee, S. E. Lee, T. Lesiak, A. Limosani, S. W. Lin, Y. Liu, D. Liventsev, F. Mandl, A. Matyja, S. McOnie, T. Medvedeva, W. Mitaroff, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyake, H. Miyata, Y. Miyazaki, R. Mizuk, G. R. Moloney, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, T. Nozaki, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, S. Okuno, H. Ozaki, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, C. W. Park, H. Park, L. S. Peak, R. Pestotnik, L. E. Piilonen, H. Sahoo, Y. Sakai, O. Schneider, A. J. Schwartz, K. Senyo, M. Shapkin, C. P. Shen, H. Shibuya, B. Shwartz, J. B. Singh, A. Somov, S. Stanič, M. Starič, T. Sumiyoshi, S. Y. Suzuki, F. Takasaki, K. Tamai, M. Tanaka, Y. Teramoto, I. Tikhomirov, S. Uehara, T. Uglov, Y. Unno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, G. Varner, K. Vervink, S. Villa, C. H. Wang, M. Z. Wang, P. Wang, X. L. Wang, Y. Watanabe, R. Wedd, E. Won, B. D. Yabsley, Y. Yamashita, C. Z. Yuan, Z. P. Zhang, V. Zhulanov, A. Zupanc, O. Zyukova
  • Gyeongsang National University
  • University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
  • CAS - Institute of High Energy Physics
  • High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba
  • The University of Tokyo
  • Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS
  • Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  • The University of Sydney
  • Jožef Stefan Institute
  • Polish Academy of Sciences
  • University of Maribor
  • National Taiwan University
  • National Central University
  • Hanyang University
  • Sungkyunkwan University
  • University of Melbourne
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • University of Ljubljana
  • The University of Osaka
  • Nagoya University
  • Nara Women's University
  • Tohoku Gakuin University
  • Kyungpook National University
  • Saga University
  • Institute of Science Tokyo
  • Yonsei University
  • Chiba University
  • Niigata University
  • Seoul National University
  • The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
  • University of Cincinnati
  • Panjab University
  • Justus Liebig University Giessen
  • Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • Osaka Metropolitan University
  • Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
  • Toho University
  • Kanagawa University
  • Institute for High Energy Physics of National Research Centre ‘Kurchatov Institute’
  • University of Nova Gorica
  • Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • National United University Taiwan
  • Korea University
  • Nippon Dental University
  • University of Science and Technology of China

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Abstract

A distinct peak is observed in the π±ψ′ invariant mass distribution near 4.43 GeV in B→Kπ±ψ′ decays. A fit using a Breit-Wigner resonance shape yields a peak mass and width of M=4433±4(stat)±2(syst)MeV and Γ=45-13+18(stat)-13+30(syst) MeV. The product branching fraction is determined to be B(B0→K Z±(4430))×B(Z±(4430)→π±ψ′)=(4. 1±1.0(stat)±1.4(syst))×10-5, where Z±(4430) is used to denote the observed structure. The statistical significance of the observed peak is 6.5σ. These results are obtained from a 605fb-1 data sample that contains 657×106 BB̄ pairs collected near the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric energy e+e- collider.

Original languageEnglish
Article number142001
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume100
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Apr 2008
Externally publishedYes

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