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Evidence for an exotic S= -2, Q= -2 baryon resonance in proton-proton collisions at the CERN SPS |
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| Authors: | Alt C Anticic T Baatar B Barna D Bartke J Betev L Białkowska H Billmeier A Blume C Boimska B Botje M Bracinik J Bramm R Brun R Buncić P Cerny V Christakoglou P Chvala O Cramer J G Csató P Darmenov N Dimitrov A Dinkelaker P Eckardt V Farantatos G Filip P Flierl D Fodor Z Foka P Freund P Friese V Gál J Gaździcki M Georgopoulos G Gładysz E Hegyi S Höhne C Kadija K Karev A Kniege S Kolesnikov V I Kollegger T Korus R Kowalski M Kraus I Kreps M van Leeuwen M Lévai P Litov L Makariev M Malakhov A I Markert C Mateev M Mayes B W Melkumov G L Meurer C Mischke A Mitrovski M Molnár J Mrówczyński St |
| Affiliation: | Fachbereich Physik der Universit?t, D-60486 Frankfurt, Germany. |
| Abstract: | Results of resonance searches in the Xi(-)pi(-), Xi(-)pi(+), Xi;(+)pi(-), and Xi;(+)pi(+) invariant mass spectra in proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=17.2 GeV are presented. Evidence is shown for the existence of a narrow Xi(-)pi(-) baryon resonance with mass of 1.862+/-0.002 GeV/c(2) and width below the detector resolution of about 0.018 GeV/c(2). The significance is estimated to be above 4.2sigma. This state is a candidate for the hypothetical exotic Xi(--)(3/2) baryon with S=-2, I=3 / 2, and a quark content of (dsdsū). At the same mass, a peak is observed in the Xi(-)pi(+) spectrum which is a candidate for the Xi(0)(3/2) member of this isospin quartet with a quark content of (dsus[-]d). The corresponding antibaryon spectra also show enhancements at the same invariant mass. |
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