Study of the doubly charmed tetraquark $T_{cc}^+$



collaboration, LHCb, Aaij, R, Abdelmotteleb, ASW, Beteta, C Abellán, Gallego, FJ Abudinen, Ackernley, T, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Afsharnia, H, Agapopoulou, C
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Abstract

An exotic narrow state in the $D^0D^0\pi^+$ mass spectrum just below the $D^{*+}D^0$ mass threshold is studied using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb$^{-1}$ acquired with the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV. The state is consistent with the ground isoscalar $T^+_{cc}$ tetraquark with a quark content of $cc\bar{u}\bar{d}$ and spin-parity quantum numbers $\mathrm{J}^{\mathrm{P}}=1^+$. Study of the $DD$ mass spectra disfavours interpretation of the resonance as the isovector state. The decay structure via intermediate off-shell $D^{*+}$ mesons is confirmed by the $D^0\pi^+$ mass distribution. The mass of the resonance and its coupling to the $D^{*}D$ system are analysed. Resonance parameters including the pole position, scattering length, effective range and compositeness are measured to reveal important information about the nature of the $T^+_{cc}$ state. In addition, an unexpected dependence of the production rate on track multiplicity is observed.

Item Type: Preprint
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Uncontrolled Keywords: hep-ex, hep-ex
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 17 Jan 2022 09:14
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2024 04:37
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2109.01056
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3146842