Observation of structure in the J/psi-pair mass spectrum

LHCb collaboration

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Abstract

Using proton-proton collision data at centre-of-mass energies of root s = 7, 8 and 13 TeV recorded by the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb(-1), the invariant mass spectrum of J/psi pairs is studied. A narrow structure around 6.9 GeV/c(2) matching the line-shape of a resonance and a broad structure just above twice the J/psi mass are observed. The deviation of the data from nonresonant J/psi-pair production is above five standard deviations in the mass region between 6.2 and 7.4 GeV/c(2), covering predicted masses of states composed of four charm quarks. The mass and natural width of the narrow X(6900) structure are measured assuming a Breit-Wigner lineshape. (C) 2020 Science China Press. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science China Press.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1983-1993
Number of pages11
JournalScience Bulletin
Volume65
Issue number23
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Dec 2020

Keywords

  • Exotics
  • Particle and resonance production
  • QCD
  • Quarkonium
  • Spectroscopy
  • Tetraquark

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