Search for the exotic Θ+ resonance in the NOMAD experiment

Samoylov, O. et al. (2007) Search for the exotic Θ+ resonance in the NOMAD experiment. European Physical Journal C, 49(2), pp. 499-510. (doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-006-0080-y)

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Abstract

A search for exotic Θ+ baryon via Θ+ →p+K0S decay mode in the NOMAD νμN data is reported. The special background generation procedure was developed. The proton identification criteria are tuned to maximize the sensitivity to the Θ+ signal as a function of xF which allows to study the Θ+ production mechanism. We do not observe any evidence for the Θ+ state in the NOMAD data. We provide an upper limit on Θ+ production rate at 90% CL as 2.13×10−3 per neutrino interaction.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Soler, Professor Paul
Authors: Samoylov, O., Naumov, D., Cavasinni, V., Astier, P., Autiero, D., Baldisseri, A., Baldo-Ceolin, M., Banner, M., Bassompierre, G., Benslama, K., Besson, N., Bird, I., Blumenfeld, B., Bobisut, F., Bouchez, J., Boyd, S., Bueno, A., Bunyatov, S., Camilleri, L., Cardini, A., Cattaneo, P.W., Cervera-Villanueva, A., Challis, R., Chukanov, A., Collazuol, G., Conforto, G., Conta, C., Contalbrigo, M., Cousins, R., Daniels, D., Degaudenzi, H., Del Prete, T., De Santo, A., Dignan, T., Di Lella, L., do Couto e Silva, E., Dumarchez, J., Ellis, M., Feldman, G.J., Ferrari, R., Ferrère, D., Flaminio, V., Fraternali, M., Gaillard, J.-M., Gangler, E., Geiser, A., Geppert, D., Gibin, D., Gninenko, S., Godley, A., Gomez-Cadenas, J.-J., Gosset, J., Gößling, C., Gouanère, M., Grant, A., Graziani, G., Guglielmi, A., Hagner, C., Hernando, J., Hubbard, D., Hurst, P., Hyett, N., Iacopini, E., Joseph, C., Juget, F., Kent, N., Kirsanov, M., Klimov, O., Kokkonen, J., Kovzelev, A., Krasnoperov, A., Lacaprara, S., Lachaud, C., Lakić, B., Lanza, A., La Rotonda, L., Laveder, M., Letessier-Selvon, A., Levy, J.-M., Linssen, L., Ljubičić, A., Long, J., Lupi, A., Lyubushkin, V., Marchionni, A., Martelli, F., Méchain, X., Mendiburu, J.-P., Meyer, J.-P., Mezzetto, M., Mishra, S.R., Moorhead, G.F., Nédélec, P., Nefedov, Y., Nguyen-Mau, C., Orestano, D., Pastore, F., Peak, L.S., Pennacchio, E., Pessard, H., Petti, R., Placci, A., Polesello, G., Pollmann, D., Polyarush, A., Poulsen, C., Popov, B., Rebuffi, L., Rico, J., Riemann, P., Roda, C., Rubbia, A., Salvatore, F., Schahmaneche, K., Schmidt, B., Schmidt, T., Sconza, A., Sevior, M., Sillou, D., Soler, F.J.P., Sozzi, G., Steele, D., Stiegler, U., Stipčević, M., Stolarczyk, T., Tareb-Reyes, M., Taylor, G.N., Tereshchenko, V., Toropin, A., Touchard, A.-M., Tovey, S.N., Tran, M.-T., Tsesmelis, E., Ulrichs, J., Vacavant, L., Valdata-Nappi, M., Valuev, V., Vannucci, F., Varvell, K.E., Veltri, M., Vercesi, V., Vidal-Sitjes, G., Vieira, J.-M., Vinogradova, T., Weber, F.V., Weisse, T., Wilson, F.F., Winton, L.J., Yabsley, B.D., Zaccone, H., Zuber, K., and Zuccon, P.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:European Physical Journal C
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:1434-6044
Published Online:24 October 2006

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