Study of the doubly charmed tetraquark T<sub>cc</sub><SUP>+</SUP>



Aaij, R, Abdelmotteleb, ASW, Beteta, C Abellan, Gallego, FJ Abudinen, Ackernley, T, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Afsharnia, H, Agapopoulou, C, Aidala, CA
et al (show 993 more authors) (2022) Study of the doubly charmed tetraquark T<sub>cc</sub><SUP>+</SUP>. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 13 (1). 3351-.

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Abstract

Quantum chromodynamics, the theory of the strong force, describes interactions of coloured quarks and gluons and the formation of hadronic matter. Conventional hadronic matter consists of baryons and mesons made of three quarks and quark-antiquark pairs, respectively. Particles with an alternative quark content are known as exotic states. Here a study is reported of an exotic narrow state in the D<sup>0</sup>D<sup>0</sup>π<sup>+</sup> mass spectrum just below the D<sup>*+</sup>D<sup>0</sup> mass threshold produced in proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The state is consistent with the ground isoscalar [Formula: see text] tetraquark with a quark content of [Formula: see text] and spin-parity quantum numbers J<sup>P</sup> = 1<sup>+</sup>. Study of the DD mass spectra disfavours interpretation of the resonance as the isovector state. The decay structure via intermediate off-shell D<sup>*+</sup> mesons is consistent with the observed D<sup>0</sup>π<sup>+</sup> mass distribution. To analyse the mass of the resonance and its coupling to the D<sup>*</sup>D system, a dedicated model is developed under the assumption of an isoscalar axial-vector [Formula: see text] state decaying to the D<sup>*</sup>D channel. Using this model, resonance parameters including the pole position, scattering length, effective range and compositeness are determined to reveal important information about the nature of the [Formula: see text] state. In addition, an unexpected dependence of the production rate on track multiplicity is observed.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: LHCb collaboration
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 22 Jul 2022 14:52
Last Modified: 14 Oct 2023 15:30
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30206-w
Open Access URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30206-w
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3159195