Observation of new resonances in th lambda(0)(b)pi(+)pi(-) system
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We report the observation of a new structure in the
Λ
0
b
π
+
π
−
spectrum using the full LHCb data set of
p
p
collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of
9
fb
−
1
, collected at
√
s
=
7
, 8, and 13 TeV. A study of the structure suggests its interpretation as a superposition of two almost degenerate narrow states. The masses and widths of these states are measured to be
m
Λ
b
(
6146
)
0
=
6146.17
±
0.33
±
0.22
±
0.16
MeV
,
m
Λ
b
(
6152
)
0
=
6152.51
±
0.26
±
0.22
±
0.16
MeV
,
Γ
Λ
b
(
6146
)
0
=
2.9
±
1.3
±
0.3
MeV
,
Γ
Λ
b
(
6152
)
0
=
2.1
±
0.8
±
0.3
MeV
,
with a mass splitting of
Δ
m
=
6.34
±
0.32
±
0.02
MeV
, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic. The third uncertainty for the mass measurements derives from the knowledge of the mass of the
Λ
0
b
baryon. The measured masses and widths of these new excited states suggest their possible interpretation as a doublet of
Λ
b
(
1
D
)
0
states.
Λ
0
b
π
+
π
−
spectrum using the full LHCb data set of
p
p
collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of
9
fb
−
1
, collected at
√
s
=
7
, 8, and 13 TeV. A study of the structure suggests its interpretation as a superposition of two almost degenerate narrow states. The masses and widths of these states are measured to be
m
Λ
b
(
6146
)
0
=
6146.17
±
0.33
±
0.22
±
0.16
MeV
,
m
Λ
b
(
6152
)
0
=
6152.51
±
0.26
±
0.22
±
0.16
MeV
,
Γ
Λ
b
(
6146
)
0
=
2.9
±
1.3
±
0.3
MeV
,
Γ
Λ
b
(
6152
)
0
=
2.1
±
0.8
±
0.3
MeV
,
with a mass splitting of
Δ
m
=
6.34
±
0.32
±
0.02
MeV
, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic. The third uncertainty for the mass measurements derives from the knowledge of the mass of the
Λ
0
b
baryon. The measured masses and widths of these new excited states suggest their possible interpretation as a doublet of
Λ
b
(
1
D
)
0
states.
Date Issued
2019-10-11
Date Acceptance
2019-09-17
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2019, 123 (15), pp.152001-1-152001-11
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Start Page
152001-1
End Page
152001-11
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
123
Issue
15
Identifier
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Physics
BARYONS
DECAY
MODEL
TOOL
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 152001
Date Publish Online
2019-10-11