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Observation of a Charged Charmoniumlike Structure in e(+)e(-) -> (D* (D)over-bar*)(+/-)pi(-/+) at root s=4.26 GeV

  • M. Ablikim*
  • , M. N. Achasov
  • , O. Albayrak
  • , D. J. Ambrose
  • , F. F. An
  • , Q. An
  • , J. Z. Bai
  • , R. Baldini Ferroli
  • , Y. Ban
  • , J. Becker
  • , J. V. Bennett
  • , M. Bertani
  • , J. M. Bian
  • , E. Boger
  • , O. Bondarenko
  • , I. Boyko
  • , S. Braun
  • , R. A. Briere
  • , V. Bytev
  • , H. Cai
  • X. Cai, O. Cakir, A. Calcaterra, G. F. Cao, S. A. Cetin, J. F. Chang, G. Chelkov, G. Chen, H. S. Chen, J. C. Chen, M. L. Chen, S. J. Chen, X. R. Chen, Y. B. Chen, H. P. Cheng, Y. P. Chu, D. Cronin-Hennessy, H. L. Dai, J. P. Dai, D. Dedovich, Z. Y. Deng, A. Denig, I. Denysenko, M. Destefanis, W. M. Ding, N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki, M. Kavatsyuk, H. Loehner, J. G. Messchendorp, H. Moeini, BESIII Collaboration
*Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    We study the process e(+)e(-) -> (D* (D) over bar*)(+/-)pi(-/+) at a center-of-mass energy of 4.26 GeV using a 827 pb(-1) data sample obtained with the BESIII detector at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider. Based on a partial reconstruction technique, the Born cross section is measured to be (137 +/- 9 +/- 15) pb. We observe a structure near the (D* (D) over bar*)(+/-) threshold in the pi(-/+) recoil mass spectrum, which we denote as the Z(c)(+/-) (4025). The measured mass and width of the structure are (4026.3 +/- 2.6 +/- 3.7) MeV/c(2) and (24.8 +/- 5.6 +/- 7.7) MeV, respectively. Its production ratio sigma(e(+)e(-) -> Z(c)(+/-)(4025)pi(-/+)-> (D* (D) over bar*)(+/-)pi(-/+)/sigma(e(+)e(-) -> (D* (D) over bar*)(+/-)pi(-/+) is determined to be 0.65 +/- 0.09 +/- 0.06. The first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number132001
    Number of pages7
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume112
    Issue number13
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2-Apr-2014

    Keywords

    • HIGH-ENERGY

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