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First observation of the doubly charmed baryon Xi(+)(cc).
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Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2002 Sep 09; Vol. 89 (11), pp. 112001. Date of Electronic Publication: 2002 Aug 20. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- We observe a signal for the doubly charmed baryon Xi(+)(cc) in the charged decay mode Xi(+)(cc)-->Lambda(+)(c)K-pi(+) in data from SELEX, the charm hadroproduction experiment at Fermilab. We observe an excess of 15.9 events over an expected background of 6.1+/-0.5 events, a statistical significance of 6.3sigma. The observed mass of this state is 3519+/-1 MeV/c(2). The Gaussian mass width of this state is 3 MeV/c(2), consistent with resolution; its lifetime is less than 33 fs at 90% confidence.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0031-9007
- Volume :
- 89
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Physical review letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12225136
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.112001