Search for exclusive photoproduction of Zc±(3900) at COMPASS

A search for the exclusive production of the Zc±(3900) hadron by virtual photons has been performed in the channel Zc±(3900)→J/ψπ±. The data cover the range from 7 GeV to 19 GeV in the centre-of-mass energy of the photon–nucleon system. The full set of the COMPASS data set collected with a muon beam...

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Main Authors: C. Adolph, R. Akhunzyanov, M.G. Alexeev, G.D. Alexeev, A. Amoroso, V. Andrieux, V. Anosov, A. Austregesilo, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, J. Barth, G. Baum, R. Beck, Y. Bedfer, A. Berlin, J. Bernhard, K. Bicker, E.R. Bielert, J. Bieling, R. Birsa, J. Bisplinghoff, M. Bodlak, M. Boer, P. Bordalo, F. Bradamante, C. Braun, A. Bressan, M. Büchele, E. Burtin, L. Capozza, M. Chiosso, S.U. Chung, A. Cicuttin, M.L. Crespo, Q. Curiel, S. Dalla Torre, S.S. Dasgupta, S. Dasgupta, O.Yu. Denisov, S.V. Donskov, N. Doshita, V. Duic, W. Dünnweber, M. Dziewiecki, A. Efremov, C. Elia, P.D. Eversheim, W. Eyrich, M. Faessler, A. Ferrero, A. Filin, M. Finger, M. Finger, Jr., H. Fischer, C. Franco, N. du Fresne von Hohenesche, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, R. Geyer, I. Gnesi, B. Gobbo, S. Goertz, M. Gorzellik, S. Grabmüller, A. Grasso, B. Grube, T. Grussenmeyer, A. Guskov, F. Haas, D. von Harrach, D. Hahne, R. Hashimoto, F.H. Heinsius, F. Herrmann, F. Hinterberger, Ch. Höppner, N. Horikawa, N. d'Hose, S. Huber, S. Ishimoto, A. Ivanov, Yu. Ivanshin, T. Iwata, R. Jahn, V. Jary, P. Jasinski, P. Jörg, R. Joosten, E. Kabuß, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, K. Klimaszewski, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.M. Kotzinian, O. Kouznetsov, M. Krämer, Z.V. Kroumchtein, N. Kuchinski, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, R.P. Kurjata, A.A. Lednev, A. Lehmann, M. Levillain, S. Levorato, J. Lichtenstadt, A. Maggiora, A. Magnon, N. Makke, G.K. Mallot, C. Marchand, A. Martin, J. Marzec, J. Matousek, H. Matsuda, T. Matsuda, G. Meshcheryakov, W. Meyer, T. Michigami, Yu.V. Mikhailov, Y. Miyachi, A. Nagaytsev, T. Nagel, F. Nerling, S. Neubert, D. Neyret, V.I. Nikolaenko, J. Novy, W.-D. Nowak, A.S. Nunes, A.G. Olshevsky, I. Orlov, M. Ostrick, R. Panknin, D. Panzieri, B. Parsamyan, S. Paul, D.V. Peshekhonov, S. Platchkov, J. Pochodzalla, V.A. Polyakov, J. Pretz, M. Quaresma, C. Quintans, S. Ramos, C. Regali, G. Reicherz, E. Rocco, N.S. Rossiyskaya, D.I. Ryabchikov, A. Rychter, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, S. Sarkar, I.A. Savin, G. Sbrizzai, P. Schiavon, C. Schill, T. Schlüter, K. Schmidt, H. Schmieden, K. Schönning, S. Schopferer, M. Schott, O.Yu. Shevchenko, L. Silva, L. Sinha, S. Sirtl, M. Slunecka, S. Sosio, F. Sozzi, A. Srnka, L. Steiger, M. Stolarski, M. Sulc, R. Sulej, H. Suzuki, A. Szabelski, T. Szameitat, P. Sznajder, S. Takekawa, J. ter Wolbeek, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, F. Thibaud, S. Uhl, I. Uman, M. Virius, L. Wang, T. Weisrock, M. Wilfert, R. Windmolders, H. Wollny, K. Zaremba, M. Zavertyaev, E. Zemlyanichkina, M. Ziembicki, A. Zink
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269315000520
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Summary:A search for the exclusive production of the Zc±(3900) hadron by virtual photons has been performed in the channel Zc±(3900)→J/ψπ±. The data cover the range from 7 GeV to 19 GeV in the centre-of-mass energy of the photon–nucleon system. The full set of the COMPASS data set collected with a muon beam between 2002 and 2011 has been used. An upper limit for the ratio BR(Zc±(3900)→J/ψπ±)×σγN→Zc±(3900)N/σγN→J/ψN of 3.7×10−3 has been established at the confidence level of 90%. Keywords: COMPASS, Zc(3900), Photoproduction, Tetraquark
ISSN:0370-2693