Conventional, hadronic matter consists of baryons and mesons made of three quarks and a quark-antiquark pair, respectively(1,2). Here, we report the observation of a hadronic state containing four quarks in the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment. This so-called tetraquark contains two charm quarks, a (u) over bar and a (d) over tilde quark. This exotic state has a mass of approximately 3,875 MeV and manifests as a narrow peak in the mass spectrum of (DD0)-D-0 pi(+) mesons just below the D*D-+(0) mass threshold. The near-threshold mass together with the narrow width reveals the resonance nature of the state.

(2022). Observation of an exotic narrow doubly charmed tetraquark [journal article - articolo]. In NATURE PHYSICS. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/267535

Observation of an exotic narrow doubly charmed tetraquark

Lupato A.;Redi F.;
2022-01-01

Abstract

Conventional, hadronic matter consists of baryons and mesons made of three quarks and a quark-antiquark pair, respectively(1,2). Here, we report the observation of a hadronic state containing four quarks in the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment. This so-called tetraquark contains two charm quarks, a (u) over bar and a (d) over tilde quark. This exotic state has a mass of approximately 3,875 MeV and manifests as a narrow peak in the mass spectrum of (DD0)-D-0 pi(+) mesons just below the D*D-+(0) mass threshold. The near-threshold mass together with the narrow width reveals the resonance nature of the state.
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Aaij, R.; Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W.; Abellan Beteta, C.; Abudinen Gallego, F. J.; Ackernley, T.; Adeva, B.; Adinolfi, M.; Afsharnia, H.; Agapopoulou, C....espandi
(2022). Observation of an exotic narrow doubly charmed tetraquark [journal article - articolo]. In NATURE PHYSICS. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/267535
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