1. Observation of an isotriplet of excited charmed baryons decaying to lambda+c pi
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Mizuk, R., Abe, K., Aihara, H., Akatsu, M., Asano, Y., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Bakich, Am, Balagura, V., Ban, Y., Banerjee, S., Bedny, I., Bitenc, U., Bizjak, I., Blyth, S., Bondar, A., Bozek, A., Bracko, M., Brodzicka, J., Browder, Te, Chao, Y., Chen, A., Cheon, Bg, Chistov, R., Choi, Sk, Choi, Y., Chuvikov, A., Shoshanna Cole, Dalseno, J., Danilov, M., Dash, M., Dragic, J., Drutskoy, A., Eidelman, S., Fratina, S., Gabyshev, N., Garmash, A., Gershon, T., Gokhroo, G., Haba, J., Hastings, Nc, Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazumi, M., Hokuue, T., Hoshi, Y., Hou, S., Hou, Ws, Hsiung, Yb, Iijima, T., Imoto, A., Inami, K., Ishikawa, A., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, M., Iwasaki, Y., Kang, Jh, Kang, Js, Kapusta, P., Katayama, N., Kawai, H., Kawasaki, T., Khan, Hr, Kichimi, H., Kim, Hj, Kim, Jh, Kim, Sk, Kim, Sm, Koppenburg, P., Korpar, S., Krizan, P., Krokovny, P., Kulasiri, R., Kuo, Cc, Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Yj, Lee, Se, Lee, Sh, Lesiak, T., Li, J., Lin, Sw, Liventsev, D., Majumder, G., Mandl, F., Matsumoto, T., Mitaroff, W., Miyake, H., Miyata, H., Mohapatra, D., Mori, T., Nagamine, T., Nagasaka, Y., Nakano, E., Nakao, M., Nishida, S., Ogawa, S., Ohshima, T., Okabe, T., Okuno, S., Olsen, Sl, Ostrowicz, W., Ozaki, H., Pakhlov, P., Palka, H., Park, Cw, Park, H., Parslow, N., Pestotnik, R., Piilonen, Le, Sagawa, H., Sakai, Y., Schietinger, T., Schneider, O., Schonmeier, P., Schumann, J., Semenov, S., Senyo, K., Seuster, R., Shibuya, H., Singh, Jb, Somov, A., Soni, N., Stamen, R., Stanic, S., Staric, M., Sumisawa, K., Sumiyoshi, T., Suzuki, Sy, Tajima, O., Takasaki, F., Tamura, N., Tanaka, M., Teramoto, Y., Tian, Xc, Uehara, S., Uglov, T., Ueno, K., Uno, S., Varner, G., Varvell, Ke, Villa, S., Wang, Cc, Wang, Ch, Wang, Mz, Yabsley, Bd, Yamaguchi, A., Yamashita, Y., Yamauchi, M., Yang, H., Ying, J., Zhang, Cc, Zhang, J., Zhang, Lm, Zhang, Zp, Zhilich, V., Zontar, D., Zurcher, D., and Belle Collaboration
- Abstract
We report the observation of an isotriplet of excited charmed baryons, decaying into Lambda(+)(c)pi(-), Lambda(+)(c)pi(0), and Lambda(+)(c)pi(+). We measure the mass differences M(Lambda(+)(c)pi)-M(Lambda(+)(c)) and widths to be 515.4(+3.2+2.1)(-3.1-6.0) MeV/c(2), 61(+18+22)(-13-13) MeV for the neutral state; 505.4(+5.8+12.4)(-4.6-2.0) MeV/c(2), 62(+37+52)(-23-38) MeV for the charged state; and 514.5(+3.4+2.8)(-3.1-4.9) MeV/c(2), 75(+18+12)(-13-11) MeV for the doubly charged state, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. These results are obtained from a 281 fb(-1) data sample collected with the Belle detector near the Upsilon(4S) resonance, at the KEKB asymmetric energy e(+)e(-) collider.
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- 2004