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Observation of a charged (DD∗)± Mass Peak in e+e- → πdD ∗ at √s=4.26 GeV

  • M. Ablikim
  • , M. N. Achasov
  • , O. Albayrak
  • , D. J. Ambrose
  • , F. F. An
  • , Q. An
  • , J. Z. Bai
  • , R. Baldini Ferroli
  • , Y. Ban
  • , J. Becker
  • , J. V. Bennett
  • , M. Bertani
  • , J. M. Bian
  • , E. Boger
  • , O. Bondarenko
  • , I. Boyko
  • , S. Braun
  • , R. A. Briere
  • , V. Bytev
  • , H. Cai
  • X. Cai, O. Cakir, A. Calcaterra, G. F. Cao, S. A. Cetin, J. F. Chang, G. Chelkov, G. Chen, H. S. Chen, J. C. Chen, M. L. Chen, S. J. Chen, X. R. Chen, Y. B. Chen, H. P. Cheng, X. K. Chu, Y. P. Chu, D. Cronin-Hennessy, H. L. Dai, J. P. Dai, D. Dedovich, Z. Y. Deng, A. Denig, I. Denysenko, M. Destefanis, W. M. Ding, Y. Ding, L. Y. Dong, H. Muramatsu, R. Poling, BESIII Collaboration

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Abstract

We report on a study of the process e+e-→π±(DD̄*) - at s=4.26 GeV using a 525 pb-1 data sample collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII storage ring. A distinct charged structure is observed in the (DD̄*)- invariant mass distribution. When fitted to a mass-dependent-width Breit-Wigner line shape, the pole mass and width are determined to be Mpole=(3883.9±1.5(stat)±4.2(syst)) MeV/c2 and Γpole=(24.8±3.3(stat)±11.0(syst)) MeV. The mass and width of the structure, which we refer to as Zc(3885), are 2σ and 1σ, respectively, below those of the Zc(3900)→π±J/ψ peak observed by BESIII and Belle in π+π-J/ψ final states produced at the same center-of-mass energy. The angular distribution of the πZc(3885) system favors a JP=1+ quantum number assignment for the structure and disfavors 1- or 0-. The Born cross section times the DD̄* branching fraction of the Zc(3885) is measured to be σ(e+e-→π±Zc(3885)-) ×B(Zc(3885)- →(DD̄*)-)=(83.5±6.6(stat)±22. 0(syst)) pb. Assuming the Zc(3885)→DD̄* signal reported here and the Zc(3900)→πJ/ψ signal are from the same source, the partial width ratio (Γ(Zc(3885)→DD̄*)/Γ(Zc(3900)→πJ/ ψ))=6.2±1.1(stat)±2.7(syst) is determined.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number022001
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume112
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 15 2014

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