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Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR. / <i>B<span class="sc">a</span>B<span class="sc">ar</span></i> Collaboration.

In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 122, No. 7, 072002, 22.02.2019.

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<i>B<span class="sc">a</span>B<span class="sc">ar</span></i> Collaboration 2019, 'Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR', Physical Review Letters, vol. 122, no. 7, 072002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.072002

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<i>B<span class="sc">a</span>B<span class="sc">ar</span></i> Collaboration (2019). Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR. Physical Review Letters, 122(7), [072002]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.072002

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<i>B<span class="sc">a</span>B<span class="sc">ar</span></i> Collaboration. Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR. Physical Review Letters. 2019 Feb 22;122(7):072002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.072002

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<i>B<span class="sc">a</span>B<span class="sc">ar</span></i> Collaboration. / Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR. In: Physical Review Letters. 2019 ; Vol. 122, No. 7.

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@article{bd7229221bcd4c678b32b22d48cca5b8,
title = "Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR",
abstract = "Recent investigations have suggested that the six-quark combination uuddss could be a deeply bound state (S) that has eluded detection so far, and a potential dark matter candidate. We report the first search for a stable, doubly strange six-quark state in →SΛΛ decays based on a sample of 90×106(2S) and 110×106(3S) decays collected by the BABAR experiment. No signal is observed, and 90% confidence level limits on the combined (2S,3S)→SΛΛ branching fraction in the range (1.2-1.4)×10-7 are derived for mS<2.05 GeV. These bounds set stringent limits on the existence of such exotic particles.",
keywords = "DETECTOR, LIMITS, DECAY",
author = "{<i>B<span class={"}sc{"}>a</span>B<span class={"}sc{"}>ar</span></i> Collaboration} and Lees, {J. P.} and V. Poireau and V. Tisserand and E. Grauges and A. Palano and G. Eigen and Brown, {D. N.} and Kolomensky, {Yu G.} and M. Fritsch and H. Koch and T. Schroeder and C. Hearty and Mattison, {T. S.} and McKenna, {J. A.} and So, {R. Y.} and Blinov, {V. E.} and Buzykaev, {A. R.} and Druzhinin, {V. P.} and Golubev, {V. B.} and Kozyrev, {E. A.} and Kravchenko, {E. A.} and Onuchin, {A. P.} and Serednyakov, {S. I.} and Skovpen, {Yu I.} and Solodov, {E. P.} and Todyshev, {K. Yu} and Lankford, {A. J.} and Gary, {J. W.} and O. Long and Eisner, {A. M.} and Lockman, {W. S.} and {Panduro Vazquez}, W. and Chao, {D. S.} and Cheng, {C. H.} and B. Echenard and Flood, {K. T.} and Hitlin, {D. G.} and J. Kim and Y. Li and Miyashita, {T. S.} and P. Ongmongkolkul and Porter, {F. C.} and M. R{\"o}hrken and Z. Huard and Meadows, {B. T.} and Pushpawela, {B. G.} and Sokoloff, {M. D.} and L. Sun and Smith, {J. G.} and Wagner, {S. R.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.",
year = "2019",
month = feb,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.072002",
language = "English",
volume = "122",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
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RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Search for a Stable Six-Quark State at BABAR

AU - <i>B<span class="sc">a</span>B<span class="sc">ar</span></i> Collaboration

AU - Lees, J. P.

AU - Poireau, V.

AU - Tisserand, V.

AU - Grauges, E.

AU - Palano, A.

AU - Eigen, G.

AU - Brown, D. N.

AU - Kolomensky, Yu G.

AU - Fritsch, M.

AU - Koch, H.

AU - Schroeder, T.

AU - Hearty, C.

AU - Mattison, T. S.

AU - McKenna, J. A.

AU - So, R. Y.

AU - Blinov, V. E.

AU - Buzykaev, A. R.

AU - Druzhinin, V. P.

AU - Golubev, V. B.

AU - Kozyrev, E. A.

AU - Kravchenko, E. A.

AU - Onuchin, A. P.

AU - Serednyakov, S. I.

AU - Skovpen, Yu I.

AU - Solodov, E. P.

AU - Todyshev, K. Yu

AU - Lankford, A. J.

AU - Gary, J. W.

AU - Long, O.

AU - Eisner, A. M.

AU - Lockman, W. S.

AU - Panduro Vazquez, W.

AU - Chao, D. S.

AU - Cheng, C. H.

AU - Echenard, B.

AU - Flood, K. T.

AU - Hitlin, D. G.

AU - Kim, J.

AU - Li, Y.

AU - Miyashita, T. S.

AU - Ongmongkolkul, P.

AU - Porter, F. C.

AU - Röhrken, M.

AU - Huard, Z.

AU - Meadows, B. T.

AU - Pushpawela, B. G.

AU - Sokoloff, M. D.

AU - Sun, L.

AU - Smith, J. G.

AU - Wagner, S. R.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.

PY - 2019/2/22

Y1 - 2019/2/22

N2 - Recent investigations have suggested that the six-quark combination uuddss could be a deeply bound state (S) that has eluded detection so far, and a potential dark matter candidate. We report the first search for a stable, doubly strange six-quark state in →SΛΛ decays based on a sample of 90×106(2S) and 110×106(3S) decays collected by the BABAR experiment. No signal is observed, and 90% confidence level limits on the combined (2S,3S)→SΛΛ branching fraction in the range (1.2-1.4)×10-7 are derived for mS<2.05 GeV. These bounds set stringent limits on the existence of such exotic particles.

AB - Recent investigations have suggested that the six-quark combination uuddss could be a deeply bound state (S) that has eluded detection so far, and a potential dark matter candidate. We report the first search for a stable, doubly strange six-quark state in →SΛΛ decays based on a sample of 90×106(2S) and 110×106(3S) decays collected by the BABAR experiment. No signal is observed, and 90% confidence level limits on the combined (2S,3S)→SΛΛ branching fraction in the range (1.2-1.4)×10-7 are derived for mS<2.05 GeV. These bounds set stringent limits on the existence of such exotic particles.

KW - DETECTOR

KW - LIMITS

KW - DECAY

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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.072002

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.072002

M3 - Article

C2 - 30848619

AN - SCOPUS:85062016815

VL - 122

JO - Physical Review Letters

JF - Physical Review Letters

SN - 0031-9007

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ER -

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