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Observation of New Charmonium or Charmoniumlike States in B+ →D∗±D∓K+ Decays

  • LHCb Collaboration
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
  • University of Warwick
  • University of Zurich
  • University of Liverpool
  • Syracuse University
  • University of Santiago de Compostela
  • University of Bristol
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Uppsala University
  • CERN
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Université Clermont Auvergne
  • University of Cincinnati
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Fakultät Physik
  • TU Dortmund University
  • School of Physics and Astronomy
  • University of Glasgow
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Cambridge
  • Sorbonne Université
  • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Université Paris-Saclay
  • Peking University
  • University of Milan - Bicocca
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE)
  • CPPM
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
  • University of Oxford
  • Université Savoie Mont Blanc
  • Heidelberg University 
  • Institute of Physics
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

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Abstract

A study of resonant structures in B+→D∗+D-K+ and B+→D∗-D+K+ decays is performed, using proton-proton collision data at center-of-mass energies of s=7, 8, and 13 TeV recorded by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb-1. A simultaneous amplitude fit is performed to the two channels with contributions from resonances decaying to D∗-D+ and D∗+D- states linked by C parity. This procedure allows the C parities of resonances in the D∗±D∓ mass spectra to be determined. Four charmonium or charmoniumlike states are observed decaying into D∗±D∓: ηc(3945), hc(4000), χc1(4010), and hc(4300), with quantum numbers JPC equal to 0-+, 1+-, 1++, and 1+-, respectively. At least three of these states have not been observed previously. In addition, the existence of the Tc¯s¯0∗(2870)0 and Tc¯s¯1∗(2900)0 resonances in the D-K+ mass spectrum, already observed in the B+→D+D-K+ decay, is confirmed in a different production channel.

Original languageEnglish
Article number131902
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume133
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Sep 2024
Externally publishedYes

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