Conventional, hadronic matter consists of baryons and mesons made of three quarks and a quark–antiquark pair, respectively. Here, we report the observation of a hadronic state containing four quarks in the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment. This so-called tetraquark contains two charm quarks, a anti-u and a anti-d quark. This exotic state has a mass of approximately 3,875 MeV and manifests as a narrow peak in the mass spectrum of D0 D0 π+ mesons just below the D*+ D0 mass threshold. The near-threshold mass together with the narrow width reveals the resonance nature of the state.

Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A., Abellán Beteta, C., Abudinen Gallego, F., Ackernley, T., Adeva, B., et al. (2022). Observation of an Exotic Narrow Doubly Charmed Tetraquark. NATURE PHYSICS, 18(7), 751-754 [10.1038/s41567-022-01614-y].

Observation of an Exotic Narrow Doubly Charmed Tetraquark

Capriotti, L.;Carbone, A.;Ferrari, F.;Galli, D.;Maccolini, S.;Manuzzi, D.;Patrignani, C.;Villa, A.;Zucchelli, S.;
2022

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Conventional, hadronic matter consists of baryons and mesons made of three quarks and a quark–antiquark pair, respectively. Here, we report the observation of a hadronic state containing four quarks in the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment. This so-called tetraquark contains two charm quarks, a anti-u and a anti-d quark. This exotic state has a mass of approximately 3,875 MeV and manifests as a narrow peak in the mass spectrum of D0 D0 π+ mesons just below the D*+ D0 mass threshold. The near-threshold mass together with the narrow width reveals the resonance nature of the state.
2022
Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A., Abellán Beteta, C., Abudinen Gallego, F., Ackernley, T., Adeva, B., et al. (2022). Observation of an Exotic Narrow Doubly Charmed Tetraquark. NATURE PHYSICS, 18(7), 751-754 [10.1038/s41567-022-01614-y].
Aaij, R.; Abdelmotteleb, A.S.W.; Abellán Beteta, C.; Abudinen Gallego, F.J.; Ackernley, T.; Adeva, B.; Adinolfi, M.; Afsharnia, H.; Agapopoulou, C.; A...espandi
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