Zc(3900)

The Zc(3900) is a hadron, a type of subatomic particle made of quarks, believed to be the first tetraquark that has been observed experimentally. The discovery was made in 2013 by two independent research groups: one using the BES III detector at the Chinese Beijing Electron Positron Collider, the other being part of the Belle experiment group at the Japanese KEK particle physics laboratory. [1][2][3][4][5]

The Zc(3900) is a decay product of the previously observed anomalous Y(4260) particle.[6]

The Zc(3900) in turn decays into a charged pion (π±) and a J/ψ meson. This is consistent with the Zc(3900) containing four or more quarks.[5]

The neutral Zc(3900) was observed by BESIII in 2015. It decays into a neutral pion (π0) and a J/ψ meson.[7]

Researchers were expected to run decay experiments in 2013 to determine the particle's nature with more precision.

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References

  1. ↑ . Powel, D. (2013). "Quark quartet opens fresh vista on matter". Nature. 498 (7454): 280–281. Bibcode:2013Natur.498..280P. doi:10.1038/498280a.
  2. ↑ Ablikim, M.; BESIII Collaboration; et al. (2013). "Observation of a Charged Charmoniumlike Structure in e+e−→π+π−J/ψ at √s = 4.26 GeV". Physical Review Letters. 110 (25): 252001. arXiv:1303.5949Freely accessible. Bibcode:2013PhRvL.110y2001A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.252001.
  3. ↑ Liu, Z. Q.; Belle Collaboration; et al. (2013). "Study of e+e−→π+π−J/ψ and Observation of a Charged Charmoniumlike State at Belle". Physical Review Letters. 110 (25): 252002. Bibcode:2013PhRvL.110y2002L. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.252002.
  4. ↑ Swanson, E. (2013). "Viewpoint: New Particle Hints at Four-Quark Matter". Physics. 6: 69. Bibcode:2013PhyOJ...6...69S. doi:10.1103/Physics.6.69.
  5. 1 2 Xiao, T.; Dobbs, S.; Tomaradze, A.; Seth, K. K. (2013). "Observation of the Charged Hadron Z±
    c    (3900) at √s = 4170 MeV". arXiv:1304.3036Freely accessible [hep-ex].
  6. ↑ "USTC Play a Role in Discovering New Subatomic Particle". University of Science and Technology of China. 6 April 2013.
  7. ↑ Ablikim, M.; BESIII Collaboration; et al. (2015). "Observation of Zc(3900)0 in e+ e− to pi0 pi0 J/psi". Physical Review Letters. 115 (11): 112003. arXiv:1506.06018Freely accessible. Bibcode:2015PhRvL.115y2003A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.112003.

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