Published August 1, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Search for the Θ-bar- → K-n-bar with PHENIX

  • 1. Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000 (United States)

Description

The PHENIX experiment at RHIC should be sensitive to decays of the anti-pentaquark Θ-bar- via the K-n-bar channel. Charged kaons can be identified using the standard tracking and time of flight up to a momentum of 1.5 GeV/c. Anti-neutron candidates are detected via their annihilation signal in the highly segmented electromagnetic calorimeter (EMCal). In order to assess the quality of the anti-neutron identification, we reconstruct the Σ-bar→n-barπ. As an additional cross-check, the invariant mass of K+n-bar is reconstructed where no resonance in the pentaquark mass range is expected. At present, no enhancement at the expected pentaquark mass is observed in dAu collisions at √SSS = 200 GeV

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/30/S1201/g4_8_090.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics (ISSN 1361-6471) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics
Journal Volume
30
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. S1201-S1205
ISSN
0954-3899
CODEN
JPGPED

Conference

Title
17. international conference on ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions
Acronym
Quark Matter 2004
Dates
11-17 Jan 2004
Place
Oakland, CA (United States)

Optional Information

Collaborations
PHENIX Collaboration