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Publication Date

1-1-2012

Abstract

We searched for the Φ−−(1860) pentaquark in the photoproduction process off the deuteron in the Ξ−π−-decay channel using CLAS. The invariant-mass spectrum of the Ξ−π− system does not indicate any statistically significant enhancement near the reported mass M=1.860 GeV. The statistical analysis of the sideband-subtracted mass spectrum yields a 90%-confidence-level upper limit of 0.7 nb for the photoproduction cross section of Φ−−(1860) with a consecutive decay into Ξ−π− in the photon-energy range 4.5GeV

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Copyright American Physical Society Publisher final version available at http://prc.aps.org/pdf/PRC/v85/i1/e015205

Publication Title

Physical Review C

Published Citation

H. Egiyan et al. [CLAS Collaboration], "Upper limits for the photoproduction cross section for the Φ−− (1860) pentaquark state off the deuteron," Physical Review C, Volume 85, Issue 1 015205 (2012). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.85.015205

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevC.85.015205

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