Observation of New Charmonium or Charmoniumlike States in B+ →D∗±D∓K+ Decays

LHCb Collaboration

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Abstract

A study of resonant structures in B+→D∗+D-K+ and B+→D∗-D+K+ decays is performed, using proton-proton collision data at center-of-mass energies of s=7, 8, and 13 TeV recorded by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb-1. A simultaneous amplitude fit is performed to the two channels with contributions from resonances decaying to D∗-D+ and D∗+D- states linked by C parity. This procedure allows the C parities of resonances in the D∗±D∓ mass spectra to be determined. Four charmonium or charmoniumlike states are observed decaying into D∗±D∓: ηc(3945), hc(4000), χc1(4010), and hc(4300), with quantum numbers JPC equal to 0-+, 1+-, 1++, and 1+-, respectively. At least three of these states have not been observed previously. In addition, the existence of the Tc¯s¯0∗(2870)0 and Tc¯s¯1∗(2900)0 resonances in the D-K+ mass spectrum, already observed in the B+→D+D-K+ decay, is confirmed in a different production channel.
Original languageEnglish
Article number131902
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume133
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Sept 2024

Funding

We express our gratitude to our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC. We thank the technical and administrative staff at the LHCb institutes. We acknowledge support from CERN and from the national agencies: CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ, and FINEP (Brazil); MOST and NSFC (China); CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and MPG (Germany); INFN (Italy); NWO (Netherlands); MNiSW and NCN (Poland); MCID/IFA (Romania); MICIU and AEI (Spain); SNSF and SER (Switzerland); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE NP and NSF (USA). We acknowledge the computing resources that are provided by CERN, IN2P3 (France), KIT and DESY (Germany), INFN (Italy), SURF (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), GridPP (United Kingdom), CSCS (Switzerland), IFIN-HH (Romania), CBPF (Brazil), and Polish WLCG (Poland). We are indebted to the communities behind the multiple open-source software packages on which we depend. Individual groups or members have received support from ARC and ARDC (Australia); Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of CAS, CAS PIFI, CAS CCEPP, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and Sci. and Tech. Program of Guangzhou (China); Minciencias (Colombia); EPLANET, Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Actions, ERC, and NextGenerationEU (European Union); A*MIDEX, ANR, IPhU, and Labex P2IO, and R\u00E9gion Auvergne-Rh\u00F4ne-Alpes (France); AvH Foundation (Germany); ICSC (Italy); Severo Ochoa and Mar\u00EDa de Maeztu Units of Excellence, GVA, XuntaGal, GENCAT, InTalent-Inditex and Prog. Atracci\u00F3n Talento CM (Spain); SRC (Sweden); the Leverhulme Trust, the Royal Society, and UKRI (United Kingdom).

FundersFunder number
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Fizica si Inginerie Nucleara 'Horia Hulubei'
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Australian Research Council
Australian Research Data Commons
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
National Science Foundation
Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules
Science and Technology Facilities Council
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Automotive Research Center
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Program of Guangzhou
Leverhulme Trust
SURF
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos
Polish WLCG
Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
International Council of Shopping Centers
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
CAS CCEPP
GridPP
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
NextGenerationEU
Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of CAS
Royal Society
Sociedad Española de Reumatología
European Research Council
EPLANET
Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki
CERN
Nuclear Physics
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
UK Research and Innovation
National Natural Science Foundation of China

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