Conventional hadronic matter consists of baryons and mesons made of three quarks and quark-antiquark pairs, respectively. The observation of a new type of hadronic state, a doubly charmed tetraquark containing two charm quarks, an anti-$u$ and an anti-$d$ quark, is reported using data collected by the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. This exotic state with a mass of about 3875 MeV$/c^2$ manifests itself as a narrow peak in the mass spectrum of $D^0D^0\pi^+$ mesons just below the $D^{*+}D^0$ mass threshold. The near threshold mass together with a strikingly narrow width reveals the resonance nature of the state.
{\bf Distribution of $ D ^0$ $ D ^0$ $\pi ^+$ mass}. Distribution of $ D ^0$ $ D ^0$ $\pi ^+$ mass where the contribution of the nondash-$ D ^0 $ background has been statistically subtracted. The result of the fit with the twodash-component function described in the text is overlaid. The $ D ^{*+} D ^0 $ and $ D ^{*0} D ^+ $ thresholds are indicated with the vertical dashed lines. The horizontal bin width is indicated on the vertical axis legend. Inset shows a zoomed signal region with fine binning scheme, Uncertainties on the data points are statistical only and represent one standard deviation, calculated as a sum in quadrature of the assigned weights from the backgrounddash-subtraction procedure. |
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Parameters obtained obtained from the fit to the $ D ^0 D ^0 \pi ^+ $ mass spectrum. Signal yield, $N$, Breitdash--Wigner mass relative to $ D ^{*+} D ^0 $ mass threshold, $\updelta m_{\mathrm{BW}}$, and width, $\Gamma_{\mathrm{BW}}$, are listed. The uncertainties are statistical only. |
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Systematic uncertainties for the $\updelta m_{\mathrm{BW}}$ and $\Gamma_{\mathrm{BW}}$ parameters. The total uncertainty is calculated as the sum in quadrature of all components except for those related to the $\mathrm{J^P}$ quantum numbers assignment, which are handled separately. |
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Created on 19 April 2024.