Experimental search for radiative decays of the pentaquark baryon Θ^+(1540)

Details Experimental search for radiative decays of the pentaquark baryon Θ^+(1540) Experimental search for radiative decays of the pentaquark baryon Θ^+(1540)

2009-09-25

arxiv.org/abs/0909.4666v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

8 pages

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The data on the reactions K^+Xe --> K^0 \gamma X and K^+Xe --> K^+ \gamma X, obtained with the bubble chamber DIANA, have been analyzed for possible radiative decays of the \Theta^+(1540) baryon: \Theta^+ --> K^0 p \gamma and \Theta^+ --> K^+ n \gamma. No signals have been observed, and we derive the upper limits \Gamma(\Theta^+ --> K^0 p \gamma) / \Gamma(\Theta^+ --> K^0 p) < 0.032 and \Gamma(\Theta^+ --> K^+ n \gamma) / \Gamma(\Theta^+ --> K^+ n) < 0.041 which, using our previous measurement of \Gamma(\Theta^+ --> KN) = (0.39+-0.10) MeV, translate to \Gamma(\Theta^+ --> K^0 p \gamma) < 8 keV and \Gamma(\Theta^+ --> K^+ n \gamma) < 11 keV at 90% confidence level. We have also measured the cross sections of K^+ -induced reactions involving emission of a neutral pion: \sigma(K^+n --> K^0 p \pi^0) = (68+-18) \mub and \sigma(K^+N --> K^+ N \pi^0) = (30+-8) \mub for incident K^+ momentum of 640 MeV.

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