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arxiv: hep-ex/0507056 · v2 · submitted 2005-07-12 · ✦ hep-ex

Search for Exotic Baryons in 800 GeV pp (rtarrow) pXiPiX

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keywords enhancementfindmassna49observedresonancessearchupper
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We report the results of a high-statistics, sensitive search for narrow baryon resonances decaying to $\Xi^-\pi^-$, $\Xi^-\pi^+$, $\bar{\Xi}^+\pi^-$, and $\bar{\Xi}^+\pi^+$. The only resonances observed are the well known $\Xi^0(1530)$ and $\bar{\Xi^0}(1530)$. No evidence is found for a state near 1862 MeV, previously reported by NA49\cite{NA49}. At the 95% confidence level, we find the upper limit for the production of a Gaussian enhancement with $\sigma=7.6$ MeV in the $\Xi^-\pi^-$ effective mass spectrum to be 0.3% of the number of observed $\Xi^0(1530)\to\Xi^-\pi^+$. We find similarly restrictive upper limits for an enhancement at 1862 MeV in the $\Xi^-\pi^+$, $\bar{\Xi}^+\pi^-$, and $\bar{\Xi}^+\pi^+$ mass spectra.

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