2003
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.252001
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Observation of an ExoticS=+1Baryon in Exclusive Photoproduction from the Deuteron

Abstract: In an exclusive measurement of the reaction gammad-->K(+)K(-)pn, a narrow peak that can be attributed to an exotic baryon with strangeness S=+1 is seen in the K(+)n invariant mass spectrum. The peak is at 1.542+/-0.005 GeV/c(2) with a measured width of 0.021 GeV/c(2) FWHM, which is largely determined by experimental mass resolution. The statistical significance of the peak is (5.2+/-0.6)sigma. The mass and width of the observed peak are consistent with recent reports of a narrow S=+1 baryon by other experiment… Show more

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“…This newly discovered hadron resonance has, given the mass and charge, an exceedingly narrow width. This feature is common with Θ + (1540), another recently reported resonance [11,12,13,14], which decays into the channel with quark content uudds and I = 0. This is believed to be the predicted [15], lowest mass, pentaquark state [16].…”
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confidence: 85%
“…This newly discovered hadron resonance has, given the mass and charge, an exceedingly narrow width. This feature is common with Θ + (1540), another recently reported resonance [11,12,13,14], which decays into the channel with quark content uudds and I = 0. This is believed to be the predicted [15], lowest mass, pentaquark state [16].…”
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confidence: 85%
“…Experimental indications of the existence of Θ + [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11], the first explicitly pentaquark baryon, as well negative results of the search for the Θ + [12][13][14][15], require a deep revision of our views on many aspects of phenomenology of strongly interacting particles. There also exist positive [16] and negative [15,17] reports on the search of another pentaquark member of the antidecuplet, the Ξ 3/2 , as well as a positive report on the search for an anti-charmed baryon state [18].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The identified Λ(1520) tagged the strangeness of the Θ + , but the signal sat on a large and steeply-sloped background. Stronger positive evidence for a Θ + was reported by CLAS/JLab [13] in an exclusive measurement on deuterium, γd → pK + K − (n). A 4.6 to 5.8 σ signal was seen above a large background that was difficult to estimate quantitatively due to nuclear final state interaction effects.…”
Section: Experimental Evidencementioning
confidence: 73%