Observation of the χc2(2P) meson in the reaction γγ→ DD̄ at BABAR

BABAR Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.81.092003

Observation of the χc2(2P) meson in the reaction γγ→ DD̄ at BABAR

BABAR Collaboration

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A search for the Z(3930) resonance in γγ production of the DD̄ system has been performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 384fb^-1 recorded by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy electron-positron collider. The DD̄ invariant mass distribution shows clear evidence of the Z(3930) state with a significance of 5.8σ. We determine mass and width values of (3926.7±2. 7±1.1)MeV/c2 and (21.3±6.8±3.6)MeV, respectively. A decay angular analysis provides evidence that the Z(3930) is a tensor state with positive parity and C parity (JPC=2⁺⁺); therefore we identify the Z(3930) state as the χc2(2P) meson. The value of the partial width Γγγ×B(Z(3930)→DD̄) is found to be (0.24±0.05±0.04)keV.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	092003
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	81
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.81.092003
State	Published - May 19 2010

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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abstract = "A search for the Z(3930) resonance in γγ production of the D{\=D} system has been performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 384fb-1 recorded by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy electron-positron collider. The D{\=D} invariant mass distribution shows clear evidence of the Z(3930) state with a significance of 5.8σ. We determine mass and width values of (3926.7±2. 7±1.1)MeV/c2 and (21.3±6.8±3.6)MeV, respectively. A decay angular analysis provides evidence that the Z(3930) is a tensor state with positive parity and C parity (JPC=2++); therefore we identify the Z(3930) state as the χc2(2P) meson. The value of the partial width Γγγ×B(Z(3930)→D{\=D}) is found to be (0.24±0.05±0.04)keV.",

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AU - Todyshev, K. Yu

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Observation of the χc2(2P) meson in the reaction γγ→ DD̄ at BABAR

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