Observation of a new Xi(b) baryon (CROSBI ID 201408)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Chatrchyan, S. ; ... ; Godinović, Nikola ; Lelas, Damir ; Pleština, Roko ; Polić, Dunja ; Puljak, Ivica ; Antunović, Željko ; Kovač, Marko ; Brigljević, Vuko ; Đurić, Senka ; Kadija, Krešo ; Luetić, Jelena ; Morović, Srećko ; ... ; Mekterović, Darko ; ... ; Swanson, J.
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Observation of a new Xi(b) baryon
The first observation of a new b baryon via its strong decay into Xi(b)^- pi^+ (plus charge conjugates) is reported. The measurement uses a data sample of pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.3 inverse femtobarns. The known Xi(b)^- baryon is reconstructed via the decay chain Xi(b)^- to J/psi Xi^- to mu^+ mu^- Lambda^0 pi^-, with Lambda^0 to p pi^-. A peak is observed in the distribution of the difference between the mass of the Xi(b)^- pi^+ system and the sum of the masses of the Xi(b)^- and pi^+, with a significance exceeding five standard deviations. The mass difference of the peak is 14.84 +/- 0.74 (stat.) +/- 0.28 (syst.) MeV. The new state most likely corresponds to the J^P=3/2^+ companion of the Xi(b).
LHC; CMS; new baryon
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Podaci o izdanju
108
2012.
252002-1-252002-15
objavljeno
0031-9007
10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.252002