Experimental limits on the width of the reported $Θ {(1540)}^{+}$

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21 January 2004

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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D

Vol. 69 (1) , 011501
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.69.011501

Abstract

Using data on

K^{+}

collisions on xenon and deuterium we derive values and limits on the width of the reported

Θ {(1540)}^{+}

exotic baryon resonance. The xenon experiment gives a width of

0.9 \pm 0.3 MeV .

The other experiments give upper limits in the range 1–4 MeV.

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