Exotic resonant structures found in Λb0 and B0 decays into charmonium in the LHCb experiment are discussed. Examination of the J/ψp system in Λb0→J/ψK−p decays shows two states each of which must be composed of uudcc quarks, and thus are called charmonium pentaquarks. Their masses are 4380±8±29~MeV and 4449.8±1.7±2.5~MeV, and their corresponding widths (Γ) are 205±18±86 MeV, and 39±5±19 MeV. The preferred JP 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)− that decays into ψ′π− and was first observed by the Belle collaboration in B0→ψ′K+π− decays. Using a sample of approximately 25,000 signal events, LHCb determines the JP to be 1+.
@article{arxiv.1509.04051,
title = {Pentaquarks and Tetraquarks at LHCb},
author = {Sheldon Stone},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.04051},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
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