Observation of the Doubly Charmed Baryon Ξ<i><sub>cc</sub></i><SUP>++</SUP>



Aaij, R, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Albero, A Alfonso, Ali, S
et al (show 798 more authors) (2017) Observation of the Doubly Charmed Baryon Ξ<i><sub>cc</sub></i><SUP>++</SUP>. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 119 (11). 112001-.

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Abstract

A highly significant structure is observed in the Λ_{c}^{+}K^{-}π^{+}π^{+} mass spectrum, where the Λ_{c}^{+} baryon is reconstructed in the decay mode pK^{-}π^{+}. The structure is consistent with originating from a weakly decaying particle, identified as the doubly charmed baryon Ξ_{cc}^{++}. The difference between the masses of the Ξ_{cc}^{++} and Λ_{c}^{+} states is measured to be 1334.94±0.72(stat.)±0.27(syst.)  MeV/c^{2}, and the Ξ_{cc}^{++} mass is then determined to be 3621.40±0.72(stat.)±0.27(syst.)±0.14(Λ_{c}^{+})  MeV/c^{2}, where the last uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the Λ_{c}^{+} mass. The state is observed in a sample of proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.7  fb^{-1}, and confirmed in an additional sample of data collected at 8 TeV.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: LHCb Collaboration
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 12 Jan 2018 12:52
Last Modified: 14 Oct 2023 09:31
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.112001
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3015932