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Abt I, Adams M, Agari M, Albrecht H, Aleksandrov A, Amaral V, Amorim A, Aplin SJ, Aushev V, Bagaturia Y, Balagura V, Bargiotti M, Barsukova O, Bastos J, Batista J, Bauer C, Bauer TS, Belkov A, Belkov A, Belotelov I, Bertin A, Bobchenko B, Böcker M, Bogatyrev A, Bohm G, Bräuer M, Bruinsma M, Bruschi M, Buchholz P, Buran T, Carvalho J, Conde P, Cruse C, Dam M, Danielsen KM, Danilov M, Castro SD, Deppe H, Dong X, Dreis HB, Egorytchev V, Ehret K, Eisele F, Emeliyanov D, Essenov S, Fabbri L, Faccioli P, Feuerstack-Raible M, Flammer J, Fominykh B, Funcke M, Garrido L, Giacobbe B, Gläss J, Goloubkov D, Golubkov Y, Golutvin A, Golutvin I, Gorbounov I, Gorisek A, Gouchtchine O, Goulart DC, Gradl S, Gradl W, Grimaldi F, Groth-Jensen J, Guilitsky Y, Hansen JD, Hernández JM, Hofmann W, Hott T, Hulsbergen W, Husemann U, Igonkina O, Ispiryan M, Jagla T, Jiang C, Kapitza H, Karabekyan S, Karpenko N, Keller S, Kessler J, Khasanov F, Kiryushin Y, Klinkby E, Knöpfle KT, Kolanoski H, Korpar S, Krauss C, Kreuzer P, Krizan P, Krücker D, Kupper S, Kvaratskheliia T, Lanyov A, Lau K, Lewendel B, Lohse T, Lomonosov B, Männer R, Masciocchi S, Massa I, Matchikhilian I, Medin G, Medinnis M, Mevius M, Michetti A, Mikhailov Y, Mizuk R, Muresan R, Zur Nedden M, Negodaev M, Nörenberg M, Nowak S, Núñez Pardo de Vera MT, Ouchrif M, Ould-Saada F, Padilla C, Peralta D, Pernack R, Pestotnik R, Piccinini M, Pleier MA, Poli M, Popov V, Pose A, Pose D, Prystupa S, Pugatch V, Pylypchenko Y, Pyrlik J, Reeves K, Ressing D, Rick H, Riu I, Robmann P, Rostovtseva I, Rybnikov V, Sánchez F, Sbrizzi A, Schmelling M, Schmidt B, Schreiner A, Schröder H, Schwartz AJ, Schwarz AS, Schwenninger B, Schwingenheuer B, Sciacca F, Semprini-Cesari N, Shuvalov S, Silva L, Smirnov K, Sözüer L, Solunin S, Somov A, Somov S, Spengler J, Spighi R, Spiridonov A, Stanovnik A, Staric M, Stegmann C, Subramania HS, Symalla M, Tikhomirov I, Titov M, Tsakov I, Uwer U, van Eldik C, Vassiliev Y, Villa M, Vitale A, Vukotic I, Wahlberg H, Walenta AH, Walter M, Wang JJ, Wegener D, Werthenbach U, Wolters H, Wurth R, Wurz A, Zaitsev Y, Zavertyaev M, Zech G, Zeuner T, Zhelezov A, Zheng Z, Zimmermann R, Zivko T, Zoccoli A. Limits for the central production of Theta+ and Xi(--)pentaquarks in 920-GeV pA collisions. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 93:212003. [PMID: 15600999 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.212003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
We have searched for Theta+(1540) and Xi(--)(1862) pentaquark candidates in proton-induced reactions on C, Ti, and W targets at midrapidity and square root of s = 41.6 GeV. In 2 x 10(8) inelastic events we find no evidence for narrow (sigma approximately 5 MeV) signals in the Theta+ --> pK0(S) and Xi(--) --> Xi- pi- channels; our 95% C.L. upper limits (UL) for the inclusive production cross section times branching fraction B dsigma/dy/(y approximately 0) are (4-16) mub/N for a Theta+ mass between 1521 and 1555 MeV, and 2.5 mub/N for the Xi(--). The UL of the yield ratio of Theta+/Lambda(1520) < (3-12)% is significantly lower than model predictions. Our UL of B Xi(--)/Xi(1530)0 < 4% is at variance with the results that have provided the first evidence for the Xi(--).
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Affiliation(s)
- I Abt
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Werner-Heisenberg-Institut, D-80805 Munich, Germany
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