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Observation of a Narrow Pentaquark State, P c ( 4312 ) + , and of the Two-Peak Structure of the P c ( 4450 ) +

R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, C. Aidala, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, P. Albicocco, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, Michael Thomas Alexander, A. Alfonso Albero, G. Alkhazov, P. Álvarez Cartelle, Antonio Augusto Alves Junior, S. Amato, Y. Amhis, Liupan An, L. Anderlini, G. Andreassi, M. Andreotti, J. E. Andrews, F. Archilli, P. d’Argent, J. Arnau Romeu, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, Kenenbek Arzymatov, E. Aslanides, M. Atzeni

📄 Abstract

A narrow pentaquark state, P_{c}(4312)^{+}, decaying to J/ψp, is discovered with a statistical significance of 7.3σ in a data sample of Λ_{b}^{0}→J/ψpK^{-} decays, which is an order of magnitude larger than that previously analyzed by the LHCb Collaboration. The P_{c}(4450)^{+} pentaquark structure formerly reported by LHCb is confirmed and observed to consist of two narrow overlapping peaks, P_{c}(4440)^{+} and P_{c}(4457)^{+}, where the statistical significance of this two-peak interpretation is 5.4σ. The proximity of the Σ_{c}^{+}D[over ¯]^{0} and Σ_{c}^{+}D[over ¯]^{*0} thresholds to the observed narrow peaks suggests that they play an important role in the dynamics of these states.

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