Observation of a New Excited Beauty Strange Baryon Decaying to Ξ_{b}^{-}π^{+}π^{-}.

2021
https://researcherprofiles.org/profile/212337020
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Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, Dragicevic M, Escalante Del Valle A, Frühwirth R, Jeitler M, Krammer N, Lechner L, Liko D, Mikulec I, Pitters FM, Schieck J, Schöfbeck R, Spanring M, Templ S, Waltenberger W, Wulz CE, Chekhovsky V, Litomin A, Makarenko V, Darwish MR, De Wolf EA, Janssen X, Kello T, Lelek A, Rejeb Sfar H, Van Mechelen P, Van Putte S, Van Remortel N, Blekman F, Bols ES, D'Hondt J, De Clercq J, Delcourt M, Lowette S, Moortgat S, Morton A, Müller D, Sahasransu AR, Tavernier S, Van Doninck W, Van Mulders P, Beghin D, Bilin B, Clerbaux B, De Lentdecker G, Favart L, Grebenyuk A, Kalsi AK, Lee K, Mahdavikhorrami M, Makarenko I, Moureaux L, Pétré L, Popov A, Postiau N, Starling E, Thomas L, Vanden Bemden M, Vander Velde C, Vanlaer P, Vannerom D, Wezenbeek L, Cornelis T, Dobur D, Gruchala M, Lambrecht L, Mestdach G, Niedziela M, Roskas C, Skovpen K, Tran TT, Tytgat M, Verbeke W, Vermassen B, Vit M, Bethani A, Bruno G, Bury F, Caputo C, David P, Delaere C, Donertas IS, Giammanco A, Jaffel K, Lemaitre V, Mondal K, Prisciandaro J, Taliercio A, Teklishyn M, Vischia P, Wertz S, Wuyckens S, Alves GA, Hensel C, Moraes A, Aldá Júnior WL, Barroso Ferreira Filho M, Brandao Malbouisson H, Carvalho W, Chinellato J, Da Costa EM, Da Silveira GG, De Jesus Damiao D, Fonseca De Souza S, Matos Figueiredo D, Mora Herrera C, Mota Amarilo K, Mundim L, Nogima H, Rebello Teles P, Sanchez Rosas LJ, Santoro A, Silva Do Amaral SM, Sznajder A, Thiel M, Torres Da Silva De Araujo F, Vilela Pereira A, Bernardes CA, Calligaris L, Tomei TRFP, Gregores EM, Lemos DS, Mercadante PG, Novaes SF, Padula SS, Aleksandrov A, Antchev G, Atanasov I, Hadjiiska R, Iaydjiev P, Misheva M, Rodozov M, Shopova M, Sultanov G, Dimitrov A, Ivanov T, Litov L, Pavlov B, Petkov P, Petrov A, Cheng T, Fang W, Guo Q, Javaid T, Mittal M, Wang H, Yuan L, Ahmad M, Bauer G, Dozen C, Hu Z, Martins J, Wang Y, Yi K, Chapon E, Chen GM, Chen HS, Chen M, Iemmi F, Kapoor A, Leggat D, Liao H, Liu ZA, Sharma R, Spiezia A, Tao J, Thomas-Wilsker J, Wang J, Zhang H, Zhang S, Zhao J, Agapitos A, Ban Y, Chen C, Huang Q, Levin A, Li Q, Lu M, Lyu X, Mao Y, Qian SJ, Wang D, Wang Q, Xiao J, You Z, Gao X, Okawa H, Xiao M, Avila C, Cabrera A, Florez C, Fraga J, Sarkar A, Segura Delgado MA, Jaramillo J, Mejia Guisao J, Ramirez F, Ruiz Alvarez JD, Salazar González CA, Vanegas Arbelaez N, Giljanovic D, Godinovic N, Lelas D, Puljak I, Antunovic Z, Kovac M, Sculac T, Brigljevic V, Ferencek D, Majumder D, Roguljic M, Starodumov A, Susa T, Attikis A, Erodotou E, Ioannou A, Kole G, Kolosova M, Konstantinou S, Mousa J, Nicolaou C, Ptochos F, Razis PA, Rykaczewski H, Saka H, Finger M, Finger M, Kveton A, Ayala E, Carrera Jarrin E, Abu Zeid S, Khalil S, Salama E, Lotfy A, Mahmoud MA, Bhowmik S, Carvalho Antunes De Oliveira A, Dewanjee RK, Ehataht K, Kadastik M, Pata J, Raidal M, Veelken C, Eerola P, Forthomme L, Kirschenmann H, Osterberg K, Voutilainen M, Brücken E, Garcia F, Havukainen J, Karimäki V, Kim MS, Kinnunen R, Lampén T, Lassila-Perini K, Lehti S, Lindén T, Lotti M, Martikainen L, Siikonen H, Tuominen E, Tuominiemi J, Luukka P, Petrow H, Tuuva T, Amendola C, Besancon M, Couderc F, Dejardin M, Denegri D, Faure JL, Ferri F, Ganjour S, Givernaud A, Gras P, Hamel de Monchenault G, Jarry P, Lenzi B, Locci E, Malcles J, Rander J, Rosowsky A, Sahin MÖ, Savoy-Navarro A, Titov M, Yu GB, Ahuja S, Beaudette F, Bonanomi M, Buchot Perraguin A, Busson P, Cappati A, Charlot C, Davignon O, Diab B, Falmagne G, Ghosh S, Granier de Cassagnac R, Hakimi A, Kucher I, Lobanov A, Nguyen M, Ochando C, Paganini P, Rembser J, Salerno R, Sauvan JB, Sirois Y, Zabi A, Zghiche A, Agram JL, Andrea J, Apparu D, Bloch D, Bourgatte G, Brom JM, Chabert EC, Collard C, Darej D, Fontaine JC, Goerlach U, Grimault C, Le Bihan AC, Van Hove P, Asilar E, Beauceron S, Bernet C, Boudoul G, Camen C, Carle A, Chanon N, Contardo D, Depasse P, El Mamouni H, Fay J, Gascon S, Gouzevitch M, Ille B, et al
Abstract

The Ξ_{b}^{-}π^{+}π^{-} invariant mass spectrum is investigated with an event sample of proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV, collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016-2018 and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140  fb^{-1}. The ground state Ξ_{b}^{-} is reconstructed via its decays to J/ψΞ^{-} and J/ψΛK^{-}. A narrow resonance, labeled Ξ_{b}(6100)^{-}, is observed at a Ξ_{b}^{-}π^{+}π^{-} invariant mass of 6100.3±0.2(stat)±0.1(syst)±0.6(Ξ_{b}^{-})  MeV, where the last uncertainty reflects the precision of the Ξ_{b}^{-} baryon mass. The upper limit on the Ξ_{b}(6100)^{-} natural width is determined to be 1.9  MeV at 95% confidence level. The low Ξ_{b}(6100)^{-} signal yield observed in data does not allow a measurement of the quantum numbers of the new state. However, following analogies with the established excited Ξ_{c} baryon states, the new Ξ_{b}(6100)^{-} resonance and its decay sequence are consistent with the orbitally excited Ξ_{b}^{-} baryon, with spin and parity quantum numbers J^{P}=3/2^{-}.

Journal Issue
Volume 126 of Issue 25