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Report number	JINR-P1-2005-62 ; P1-2005-62
Title	Search for Pentaquark States $\Xi(1860)^0$ and $\Xi(1860)^{--}$ in Neutron--Carbon Interactions in the EXCHARM Experiment
Author(s)	Aleev, A N ; Amaglobeli, N S ; Balandin, V P ; Balev, S ; Bulekov, O V ; Emelianov, D D ; Eremin, S V ; Geshkov, I M ; Goudzovski, E A ; Ivanchenko, I M ; Ivanchenko, Z M ; Kekelidze, V D ; Kosarev, I G ; Kozhenkova, Z I ; Kuzmin, N A ; Kvatadze, R A ; Ljubimov, A L ; Loktionov, A A ; Madigozhin, D T ; Mazny, V G ; Molokanova, N A ; Morozov A N ; Pismenyj, R E ; Polenkevich, I A ; Ponosov, A K ; Potrebenikov, Yu K ; Sergeev, F M ; Shkarovsky, S N ; Slepets, L A ; Spaskov, V N ; Zinchenko, A I
Affiliation	(Laboratory of Particle Physics, Dubna)
Publication	2005
Imprint	19 May 2005
Number of pages	9
Published in:	Yad. Fiz.
Subject category	Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract	Results of a search for strange pentaquark states $\Xi(1860)^0$ and $\Xi(1860)^{--}$ in neutron--carbon interactions at $\sim 51$ GeV mean energy of neutrons in the EXCHARM experiment have been presented. Such states in studied effective mass spectra $\Xi^-\pi^+$ and $\Xi^-\pi^-$ have not been observed. Upper limits of $\Xi(1860)^0$ and $\Xi(1860)^{--}$ production cross sections have been estimated.
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