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Search for the exotic Θ(+) resonance in the NOMAD experiment (2006)

Abstract
12 pages, 16 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 13.15.+g; 13.60.Le; 13.87.Fh; 14.40.Ev.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000243973100007.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0612063. Printed version published in Jan 2007.. A search for exotic Θ(+) baryon via Θ(+) -> p + K-S(0) decay mode in the NOMAD v(μ)N data is reported. The special background generation procedure was developed. The proton identification criteria are tuned to maximize the sensitivity to the Θ(+) signal as a function of x(F) which allows to study the Θ(+) production mechanism. We do not observe any evidence for the Θ(+) state in the NOMAD data. We provide an upper limit on Θ(+) production rate at 90% CL as 2.13 x 10(-3) per neutrino interaction.. The experiment was supported by the following funding agencies: Australian Research Council (ARC) and Department of Education, Science, and Training (DEST), Australia; Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et Physique des Particules (IN2P3), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), France; Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF, contract 05 6DO52), Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique, Switzerland; Department of Energy, National Science Foundation (grant PHY-9526278), the Sloan and the Cottrell Foundations, USA.. Peer reviewed

Publication details
Download http://hdl.handle.net/10261/9082
Publisher Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer Science + Business Media
Repository Digital.CSIC (Spain)
Keywords Transition Radiation Detector, Charged Current Interactions, Electromagnetic Calorimeter, Positive-strangeness, Photoproduction, Física
Type Artículo
Language English
Relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-006-0080-y