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Experimental constraints on the spin and parity of the Z(4430)+

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2013-10-25 v3

Abstract

We perform a full amplitude analysis of B0 -> psi' K+ pi- decays, with psi' -> mu+ mu- or e+ e-, to constrain the spin and parity of the Z(4430)-. The J^P=1+ hypothesis is favored over the 0-, 1-, 2- and 2+ hypotheses at the levels of 3.4 sigma, 3.7 sigma, 4.7 sigma and 5.1 sigma, respectively. The analysis is based on a 711 fb^-1 data sample that contains 772x10^6 B B pairs, collected at the Y(4S) resonance by the Belle detector at the asymmetric-energy e+ e- collider KEKB.

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@article{arxiv.1306.4894,
  title  = {Experimental constraints on the spin and parity of the Z(4430)+},
  author = {Belle Collaboration and K. Chilikin and R. Mizuk and I. Adachi and H. Aihara and K. Arinstein and D. M. Asner and V. Aulchenko and T. Aushev and T. Aziz and A. M. Bakich and A. Bala and V. Bhardwaj and B. Bhuyan and A. Bondar and G. Bonvicini and A. Bozek and M. Bračko and J. Brodzicka and T. E. Browder and V. Chekelian and A. Chen and P. Chen and B. G. Cheon and R. Chistov and I. -S. Cho and K. Cho and V. Chobanova and S. -K. Choi and Y. Choi and D. Cinabro and J. Dalseno and M. Danilov and Z. Doležal and D. Dutta and S. Eidelman and D. Epifanov and H. Farhat and J. E. Fast and T. Ferber and A. Frey and V. Gaur and N. Gabyshev and S. Ganguly and R. Gillard and Y. M. Goh and B. Golob and J. Haba and T. Hara and K. Hayasaka and H. Hayashii and Y. Horii and Y. Hoshi and W. -S. Hou and H. J. Hyun and T. Iijima and A. Ishikawa and R. Itoh and Y. Iwasaki and T. Julius and D. H. Kah and J. H. Kang and E. Kato and T. Kawasaki and H. Kichimi and C. Kiesling and D. Y. Kim and H. J. Kim and J. B. Kim and J. H. Kim and K. T. Kim and Y. J. Kim and K. Kinoshita and J. Klucar and B. R. Ko and P. Kodyš and S. Korpar and P. Križan and P. Krokovny and T. Kumita and A. Kuzmin and Y. -J. Kwon and J. S. Lange and S. -H. Lee and J. Li and Y. Li and J. Libby and C. Liu and Y. Liu and D. Liventsev and P. Lukin and J. MacNaughton and D. Matvienko and K. Miyabayashi and H. Miyata and G. B. Mohanty and A. Moll and T. Mori and N. Muramatsu and R. Mussa and E. Nakano and M. Nakao and Z. Natkaniec and M. Nayak and E. Nedelkovska and C. Ng and N. K. Nisar and S. Nishida and O. Nitoh and S. Ogawa and S. Okuno and S. L. Olsen and C. Oswald and P. Pakhlov and G. Pakhlova and C. W. Park and H. Park and H. K. Park and T. K. Pedlar and R. Pestotnik and M. Petrič and L. E. Piilonen and M. Ritter and M. Röhrken and A. Rostomyan and H. Sahoo and T. Saito and K. Sakai and Y. Sakai and S. Sandilya and D. Santel and L. Santelj and T. Sanuki and V. Savinov and O. Schneider and G. Schnell and C. Schwanda and D. Semmler and K. Senyo and O. Seon and M. E. Sevior and M. Shapkin and C. P. Shen and T. -A. Shibata and J. -G. Shiu and A. Sibidanov and F. Simon and Y. -S. Sohn and A. Sokolov and E. Solovieva and M. Starič and M. Steder and M. Sumihama and T. Sumiyoshi and U. Tamponi and K. Tanida and G. Tatishvili and Y. Teramoto and K. Trabelsi and M. Uchida and S. Uehara and Y. Unno and S. Uno and P. Urquijo and Y. Usov and S. E. Vahsen and C. Van Hulse and P. Vanhoefer and G. Varner and K. E. Varvell and A. Vinokurova and V. Vorobyev and M. N. Wagner and C. H. Wang and M. -Z. Wang and P. Wang and X. L. Wang and M. Watanabe and Y. Watanabe and K. M. Williams and E. Won and B. D. Yabsley and H. Yamamoto and Y. Yamashita and S. Yashchenko and Y. Yook and Y. Yusa and Z. P. Zhang and V. Zhilich and V. Zhulanov and A. Zupanc},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.4894},
  year   = {2013}
}

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13 pages, 14 figures