Search for Θ+(1540) pentaquark in high-statistics measurement of γp→K̄0K+n at CLAS

  • M. Battaglieri
  • , R. de Vita
  • , V. Kubarovsky
  • , L. Guo
  • , G. S. Mutchler
  • , P. Stoler
  • , D. P. Weygand
  • , P. Ambrozewicz
  • , M. Anghinolfi
  • , G. Asryan
  • , H. Avakian
  • , H. Bagdasaryan
  • , N. Baillie
  • , J. P. Ball
  • , N. A. Baltzell
  • , V. Batourine
  • , I. Bedlinskiy
  • , M. Bellis
  • , N. Benmouna
  • , B. L. Berman
  • A. S. Biselli, S. Bouchigny, S. Boiarinov, R. Bradford, D. Branford, W. J. Briscoe, W. K. Brooks, S. Bültmann, V. D. Burkert, C. Butuceanu, J. R. Calarco, S. L. Careccia, D. S. Carman, S. Chen, E. Clinton, P. L. Cole, P. Coltharp, D. Crabb, H. Crannell, J. P. Cummings, D. Dale, E. de Sanctis, P. V. Degtyarenko, A. Deur, K. V. Dharmawardane, C. Djalali, G. E. Dodge, J. Donnelly, D. Doughty, M. Dugger, O. P. Dzyubak, H. Egiyan, K. S. Egiyan, L. Elouadrhiri, P. Eugenio, G. Fedotov, H. Funsten, M. Y. Gabrielyan, L. Gan, M. Garçon, A. Gasparian, G. Gavalian, G. P. Gilfoyle, K. L. Giovanetti, F. X. Girod, O. Glamazdin, J. Goett, J. T. Goetz, E. Golovach, A. Gonenc, C. I.O. Gordon, R. W. Gothe, K. A. Griffioen, M. Guidal, N. Guler, V. Gyurjyan, C. Hadjidakis, R. S. Hakobyan, J. Hardie, F. W. Hersman, K. Hicks, I. Hleiqawi, M. Holtrop, C. E. Hyde-Wright, Y. Ilieva, D. G. Ireland, B. S. Ishkhanov, M. M. Ito, D. Jenkins, H. S. Jo, K. Joo, H. G. Juengst, J. D. Kellie, M. Khandaker, W. Kim, A. Klein, F. J. Klein, A. V. Klimenko, M. Kossov, L. H. Kramer, J. Kuhn, S. E. Kuhn, S. V. Kuleshov, J. Lachniet, J. M. Laget, J. Langheinrich, D. Lawrence, T. Lee, J. Li, K. Livingston, B. McKinnon, B. A. Mecking, J. J. Melone, M. D. Mestayer, C. A. Meyer, T. Mibe, K. Mikhailov, R. Minehart, M. Mirazita, R. Miskimen, V. Mochalov, V. Mokeev, L. Morand, S. A. Morrow, P. Nadel-Turonski, I. Nakagawa, R. Nasseripour, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, B. B. Niczyporuk, R. A. Niyazov, M. Nozar, M. Osipenko, A. I. Ostrovidov, K. Park, E. Pasyuk, C. Paterson, J. Pierce, N. Pivnyuk, D. Pocanic, O. Pogorelko, S. Pozdniakov, J. W. Price, Y. Prok, D. Protopopescu, B. A. Raue, G. Riccardi, G. Ricco, M. Ripani, B. G. Ritchie, F. Ronchetti, G. Rosner, P. Rossi, F. Sabatié, C. Salgado, J. P. Santoro, V. Sapunenko, R. A. Schumacher, V. S. Serov, Y. G. Sharabian, E. S. Smith, L. C. Smith, D. I. Sober, A. Stavinsky, S. S. Stepanyan, S. Stepanyan, B. E. Stokes, I. I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, M. Taiuti, D. J. Tedeschi, A. Teymurazyan, U. Thoma, A. Tkabladze, S. Tkachenko, L. Todor, C. Tur, M. Ungaro, M. F. Vineyard, A. V. Vlassov, L. B. Weinstein, M. Williams, E. Wolin, M. H. Wood, A. Yegneswaran, L. Zana, J. Zhang, B. Zhao

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Abstract

The exclusive reaction γp→K̄0K+n was studied in the photon energy range between 1.6 and 3.8 GeV searching for evidence of the exotic baryon Θ+(1540)→nK+. The decay to nK+ requires the assignment of strangeness S=+1 to any observed resonance. Data were collected with the CLAS detector at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 70pb-1. No evidence for the Θ+ pentaquark was found. Upper limits were set on the production cross section as function of center-of-mass angle and nK+ mass. The 95% C.L. upper limit on the total cross section for a narrow resonance at 1540 MeV was found to be 0.8 nb.

Original languageEnglish
Article number042001
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume96
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes

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