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Phys. Rev. D 69, 011501(R) (2004) [3 pages]

Experimental limits on the width of the reported Θ(1540)+

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Robert N. Cahn and George H. Trilling
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

Received 18 November 2003; published 21 January 2004

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±0.3MeV. The other experiments give upper limits in the range 1–4 MeV.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.69.011501
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.69.011501
PACS:
14.20.-c, 13.75.-n