Experimental constraints on the spin and parity of the Z(4430)

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Belle Collaboration K. Chilikin, R. Mizuk, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, K. Arinstein, D. Asner, V. Aulchenko, T. Aushev, T. Aziz, A. Bakich

and 180 more authors

A. Bala, V. Bhardwaj, B. Bhuyan, A. Bondar, G. Bonvicini, A. Bozek, M. Bravcko, J. Brodzicka, T. Browder, V. Chekelian, A. Chen, P. Chen, B. Cheon, R. Chistov, I. Cho, K. Cho, V. Chobanova, S. Choi, Y. Choi, D. Cinabro, J. Dalseno, M. Danilov, Z. Dolevzal, D. Dutta, S. Eidelman, D. Epifanov, H. Farhat, J. Fast, T. Ferber, A. Frey, V. Gaur, N. Gabyshev, S. Ganguly, R. Gillard, Y. Goh, B. Golob, J. Haba, T. Hara, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, Y. Horii, Y. Hoshi, W. Hou, H. Hyun, T. Iijima, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, Y. Iwasaki, T. Julius, D. Kah, J. Kang, E. Kato, T. Kawasaki, H. Kichimi, C. Kiesling, D. Kim, H. Kim, J. Kim, Jae Hyun Kim, K. Kim, Y. Kim, K. Kinoshita, J. Klucar, B. Ko, P. Kodyvs, S. Korpar, P. Krivzan, P. Krokovny, T. Kumita, A. Kuzmin, Y. Kwon, J. Lange, S. Lee, J. Li, Y. Li, J. Libby, C. Liu, Y. Liu, D. Liventsev, P. Lukin, J. Macnaughton, D. Matvienko, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyata, G. Mohanty, A. Moll, Takashi Mori, N. Muramatsu, R. Mussa, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, Z. Natkaniec, M. Nayak, E. Nedelkovska, C. Ng, N. Nisar, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, S. Ogawa, S. Okuno, S. Olsen, C. Oswald, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, C. Park, H. Park, H. Park, T. Pedlar, R. Pestotnik, M. Petrivc, L. Piilonen, M. Ritter, M. Rohrken, A. Rostomyan, H. Sahoo, T. Saito, K. Sakai, Y. Sakai, S. Sandilya, D. Santel, L. Santelj, T. Sanuki, V. Savinov, O. Schneider, G. Schnell, C. Schwanda, D. Semmler, K. Senyo, O. Seon, M. Sevior, M. Shapkin, C. Shen, T. Shibata, J. Shiu, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, Y. Sohn, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, M. Starivc, M. Steder, M. Sumihama, T. Sumiyoshi, U. Tamponi, K. Tanida, G. Tatishvili, Y. Teramoto, K. Trabelsi, M. Uchida, S. Uehara, Y. Unno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Usov, S. Vahsen, C. Hulse, P. Vanhoefer, G. Varner, K. Varvell, A. Vinokurova, V. Vorobyev, M. Wagner, C. Wang, M. Wang, P. Wang, X. Wang, M. Watanabe, Y. Watanabe, K. M. Williams, E. Won, B. Yabsley, H. Yamamoto, Y. Yamashita, S. Yashchenko, Y. Yook, Y. Yusa, Z. Zhang, V. Zhilich, V. Zhulanov, A. Zupanc

/ Abstract

We report the results of several studies of the Λc+π+π-X final state in continuum e+e- annihilation data collected by the Belle detector. An analysis of angular distributions in Λc(2880)+→Σc(2455)0, ++π+,- decays strongly favors a Λc(2880)+ spin assignment of 52 over 32 or 12. We find evidence for Λc(2880)+→Σc(2520)0,++π+,- decay and measure the ratio of Λc(2880)+ partial widths Γ(Σc(2520)π)/Γ(Σc(2455)π)=0.225±0. 062±0.025. This value favors the Λc(2880)+ spin-parity assignment of 52+ over 52-. We also report the first observation of Λc(2940) +→Σc(2455)0,++π+,- decay and measure Λc(2880)+ and Λc(2940)+ mass and width parameters. These studies are based on a 553fb-1 data sample collected at or near the Υ(4S) resonance at the KEKB collider. © 2007 The American Physical Society.

Journal: Physical Review D

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.074026