Evidence for Λc(2593)+ production

H. Albrecht, T. Hamacher, R. P. Hofmann, T. Kirchhoff, R. Mankel, A. Nau, S. Nowak, D. Reßing, H. Schröder, H. D. Schulz, M. Walter, R. Wurth, C. Hast, H. Kapitza, H. Kolanoski, A. Kosche, A. Lange, A. Lindner, M. Schieber, T. SiegmundH. Thurn, D. Töpfer, D. Wegener, C. Frankl, J. Graf, M. Schmidtler, M. Schramm, K. R. Schubert, R. Schwierz, B. Spaan, R. Waldi, K. Reim, H. Wegener, R. Eckmann, H. Kuipers, O. Mai, R. Mundt, T. Oest, R. Reiner, A. Rohde, W. Schmidt-Parzefall, J. Stiewe, S. Werner, K. Ehret, W. Hofmann, A. Hüpper, K. T. Knöpfle, J. Spengler, P. Krieger, D. B. MacFarlane, J. D. Prentice, P. R.B. Saull, K. Tzamariudaki, R. G. Van De Water, T. S. Yoon, M. Schneider, S. Weseler, M. Bračko, G. Kernel, P. Križan, E. Križnič, G. Medin, T. Podobnik, T. Živko, V. Balagura, S. Barsuk, I. Belyaev, R. Chistov, M. Danilov, V. Eiges, L. Gershtein, Yu Gershtein, A. Golutvin, O. Igonkina, I. Korolko, G. Kostina, D. Litvintsev, P. Pakhlov, S. Semenov, A. Snizhko, I. Tichomirov, Yu Zaitsev

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Abstract

Using the ARGUS detector at the e+e- storage ring DORIS II at DESY, we have found evidence for the production of the excited charmed baryon state Λc(2593)+ in the channel Λ+cπ+π-. Its mass was determined to be (2594.6 ± 0.9 ± 0.4) MeV/c2, and the natural width measured to be Γ = (2.9+2.9+1.8-2.1-1.4) MeV. The production cross section times the branching ratios of σ(e+e- → Λc(2593)+X) × Br(Λc(2593)+ → Λ+cπ+π-) × Br(Λ+c → pK-π+) was measured to be (0.25+0.24-0.13 ± 0.13) pb. The fractions of Λc(2593)+ decays proceeding through the Σ0cπ+ and Σ++cπ- channels were determined to be 0.29 ± 0.10 ± 0.11 and 0.37 ± 0.12 ± 0.13, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)207-212
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume402
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jun 1997
Externally publishedYes

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