Search for Strange-Pentaquark Production in e+e− Annihilation at √s=10.58 GeVc

We search for strange-pentaquark states that have been previously reported by other experiments the Θ ( 1540 ) + , Ξ 5 ( 1860 ) −− , and Ξ 5 ( 1860 ) 0 in 123     fb − 1 of data recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e + e − storage ring. We find no evidence for these states and set 95% conf...

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Autores: Graugés Pous, Eugeni, BABAR Collaboration
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/140643
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/140643
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física de partícules
Experiments
Particle physics
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Sumario:We search for strange-pentaquark states that have been previously reported by other experiments the Θ ( 1540 ) + , Ξ 5 ( 1860 ) −− , and Ξ 5 ( 1860 ) 0 in 123     fb − 1 of data recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e + e − storage ring. We find no evidence for these states and set 95% confidence level upper limits on the number of Θ ( 1540 ) + and Ξ 5 ( 1860 ) −− pentaquarks produced per e + e − annihilation into q ¯ q and per Υ ( 4 S ) decay. For q ¯ q events the Θ ( 1540 ) + [ Ξ 5 ( 1860 ) −− ] limit is about 8 [4] times lower than the rates measured for ordinary baryons of similar mass.