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Observation of a Charged Charmoniumlike Structure Zc (4020) and Search for the Zc (3900) in e+e- → π+ π-hc

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 111, Issue 24, Pages -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.242001

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Funding

  1. Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2009CB825200]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [10625524, 10821063, 10825524, 10835001, 10935007, 11125525, 11235011]
  3. National Natural Science Foundation of China [11079008, 11079023, 11179007, U1332201]
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Large-Scale Scientific Facility Program
  5. CAS [KJCX2-YW-N29, KJCX2-YW-N45]
  6. 100 Talents Program of CAS
  7. German Research Foundation DFG under Collaborative Research Center [CRC-1044]
  8. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy
  9. Ministry of Development of Turkey [DPT2006K-120470]
  10. U.S. Department of Energy [DE-FG02-04ER41291, DE-FG02-05ER41374, DE-FG02-94ER40823]
  11. U.S. National Science Foundation
  12. University of Groningen (RuG)
  13. Helmholtzzentrum fuer SchwerionenforschungGmbH (GSI), Darmstadt
  14. WCU Program of National Research Foundation of Korea [R32-2008-000-10155-0]

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We study e(+)e(-) -> pi(+) pi(-)h(c) at center-of-mass energies from 3.90 to 4.42 GeV by using data samples collected with the BESIII detector operating at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider. The Born cross sections are measured at 13 energies and are found to be of the same order of magnitude as those of e(+)e(-) -> pi(+) pi(-) J/Psi but with a different line shape. In the pi(+/-)h(c) mass spectrum, a distinct structure, referred to as Z(c)(4020) is observed at 4. 02 GeV/c(2). The Z(c)(4020) carries an electric charge and couples to charmonium. A fit to the pi(+/-)h(c) invariant mass spectrum, neglecting possible interferences, results in a mass of (4022.9 +/- 0.8 +/- 2.7) MeV/c(2) and a width of (7.9 +/- 2.7 +/- 2.6) MeV for the Z(c)(4020), where the first errors are statistical and the second systematic. The difference between the parameters of this structure and the Z(c) (4025) observed in the D*(D) over bar* final state is within 1.5 sigma, but whether they are the same state needs further investigation. No significant Z(c)(3900) signal is observed, and upper limits on the Z(c)(3900) production cross sections in pi +/- h(c) at center-of-mass energies of 4.23 and 4.26 GeVare set.

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