Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR

Recent investigations have suggested that the six-quark combination u u d d s s could be a deeply bound state ( S ) that has eluded detection so far, and a potential dark matter candidate. We report the first search for a stable, doubly strange six-quark state in Υ → S ¯ Λ ¯ Λ decays based on a samp...

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Autores: Graugés Pous, Eugeni, BABAR Collaboration
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/171018
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Palabra clave:Quarks
Matèria fosca (Astronomia)
Partícules (Matèria)
Dark matter (Astronomy)
Particles
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spelling Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABARGraugés Pous, EugeniBABAR CollaborationQuarksMatèria fosca (Astronomia)Partícules (Matèria)QuarksDark matter (Astronomy)ParticlesRecent investigations have suggested that the six-quark combination u u d d s s could be a deeply bound state ( S ) that has eluded detection so far, and a potential dark matter candidate. We report the first search for a stable, doubly strange six-quark state in Υ → S ¯ Λ ¯ Λ decays based on a sample of 90 × 1 0 6 Υ ( 2 S ) and 110 × 1 0 6 Υ ( 3 S ) decays collected by the BABAR experiment. No signal is observed, and 90% confidence level limits on the combined Υ ( 2 S , 3 S ) → S ¯ Λ ¯ Λ branching fraction in the range ( 1.2 - 1.4 ) × 1 0 − 7 are derived for m S < 2.05     GeV . These bounds set stringent limits on the existence of such exotic particles.American Physical Society2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/171018Articles publicats en revistes (Física Quàntica i Astrofísica)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.072002Physical Review Letters, 2019, vol. 122, num. 7, p. 072002https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.072002cc- by (c) Graugés et. al. , 2019http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1710182026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR
title Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR
spellingShingle Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR
Graugés Pous, Eugeni
Quarks
Matèria fosca (Astronomia)
Partícules (Matèria)
Quarks
Dark matter (Astronomy)
Particles
title_short Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR
title_full Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR
title_fullStr Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR
title_full_unstemmed Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR
title_sort Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Graugés Pous, Eugeni
BABAR Collaboration
author Graugés Pous, Eugeni
author_facet Graugés Pous, Eugeni
BABAR Collaboration
author_role author
author2 BABAR Collaboration
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Quarks
Matèria fosca (Astronomia)
Partícules (Matèria)
Quarks
Dark matter (Astronomy)
Particles
topic Quarks
Matèria fosca (Astronomia)
Partícules (Matèria)
Quarks
Dark matter (Astronomy)
Particles
description Recent investigations have suggested that the six-quark combination u u d d s s could be a deeply bound state ( S ) that has eluded detection so far, and a potential dark matter candidate. We report the first search for a stable, doubly strange six-quark state in Υ → S ¯ Λ ¯ Λ decays based on a sample of 90 × 1 0 6 Υ ( 2 S ) and 110 × 1 0 6 Υ ( 3 S ) decays collected by the BABAR experiment. No signal is observed, and 90% confidence level limits on the combined Υ ( 2 S , 3 S ) → S ¯ Λ ¯ Λ branching fraction in the range ( 1.2 - 1.4 ) × 1 0 − 7 are derived for m S < 2.05     GeV . These bounds set stringent limits on the existence of such exotic particles.
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