Determination of the X(3872) meson quantum numbers

The LHCb collaboration; Matthew Needham; Franz Muheim; Peter Clarke; Yuehong Xie; Stephan Eisenhardt

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.222001

Determination of the X(3872) meson quantum numbers

The LHCb collaboration, Matthew Needham, Franz Muheim, Peter Clarke, Yuehong Xie, Stephan Eisenhardt

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The quantum numbers of the X(3872) meson are determined to be JPC=1++ based on angular correlations in B+→X(3872)K+ decays, where X(3872)→π+π-J/ψ and J/ψ→μ+μ-. The data correspond to 1.0 fb-1 of pp collisions collected by the LHCb detector. The only alternative assignment allowed by previous measurements JPC=2-+ is rejected with a confidence level equivalent to more than 8 Gaussian standard deviations using a likelihood-ratio test in the full angular phase space. This result favors exotic explanations of the X(3872) state.

Original language	English
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	110, 222001
Early online date	25 Feb 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.222001
Publication status	Published - 29 May 2013

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Determination of the X(3872) meson quantum numbers

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