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Pentaquarks and Tetraquarks at LHCb

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2015-09-15 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Exotic resonant structures found in Λb0\Lambda^0_b and B0\overline{B}^0 decays into charmonium in the LHCb experiment are discussed. Examination of the J/ψpJ/\psi p system in Λb0J/ψKp\Lambda^0_b\to J/\psi K^- p decays shows two states each of which must be composed of uudccuudc\overline{c} quarks, and thus are called charmonium pentaquarks. Their masses are 4380±8±294380\pm 8\pm 29~MeV and 4449.8±1.7±2.54449.8\pm 1.7\pm 2.5~MeV, and their corresponding widths (Γ\Gamma) are 205±18±86205\pm 18\pm 86 MeV, and 39±5±1939\pm 5\pm 19 MeV. The preferred JPJ^P assignments are of opposite parity, with one state having spin 3/2 and the other 5/2. Models of internal binding of the pentaquark states are discussed. Finally, another mesonic state is discussed, the Z(4430)Z(4430)^- that decays into ψπ\psi' \pi^- and was first observed by the Belle collaboration in B0ψK+πB^0\to \psi' K^+\pi^- decays. Using a sample of approximately 25,000 signal events, LHCb determines the JPJ^{P} to be 1+1^{+}.

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@article{arxiv.1509.04051,
  title  = {Pentaquarks and Tetraquarks at LHCb},
  author = {Sheldon Stone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.04051},
  year   = {2015}
}

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18 pages, 19 figures, presented at the European Physical Society Conference, Vienna Austria, July 22-19, and the DPF 2015 Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 4-8, 2015