Observation of a New Baryon State in the Λ0bπ+π− Mass Spectrum
Journal of High Energy Physics 2020
Kārlis Dreimanis, Collaboration LHCb

A new baryon state is observed in the Λ0bπ+π− mass spectrum with high significance using a data sample of pp collisions, collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies s√ = 7, 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb−1. The mass and natural width of the new state are measured to be m=6072.3±2.9±0.6±0.2 MeV,Γ=72±11±2 MeV, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The third uncertainty for the mass is due to imprecise knowledge of the Λ0b baryon mass. The new state is consistent with the first radial excitation of the Λ0b baryon, the Λb(2S)0 resonance. Updated measurements of the masses and the upper limits on the natural widths of the previously observed Λb(5912)0 and Λb(5920)0 states are also reported.


Keywords
B physics Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments) Heavy quark production Spectroscopy
DOI
10.1007/jhep06(2020)136
Hyperlink
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP06%282020%29136

The LHCb Collaboration, Aaij, R., Abellán Beteta, C., Dreimanis, K. ... [et al.] Observation of a New Baryon State in the Λ0bπ+π− Mass Spectrum. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020, Vol. 2020, No. 6, Article number 136. ISSN 1029-8479. Available from: doi:10.1007/jhep06(2020)136

Publication language
English (en)
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