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GSI-2025-00245

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Investigating the nature of the K$^*_0(700)$ state with $\pi^\pm$K$^0_{\rm S}$ correlations at the LHC

ALICE Collaboration (Corresponding author)

2024

Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.17182/HEPDATA.153749

Abstract: Investigating the nature of the K$^*_0(700)$ state with $\pi^\pm$ K$^0_{\rm S}$ correlations at the LHC. -- The first measurements of femtoscopic correlations with the particle pair combinations $\pi^\pm$ K$^0_{\rm S}$ in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV at the Large Hadron Collider are reported by the ALICE experiment. Using the femtoscopic approach, it is shown that it is possible to study the elusive K$^*_0(700)$ particle that has been considered a tetraquark candidate for over forty years. Boson source parameters and final-state interaction parameters are extracted by fitting a model assuming a Gaussian source to the experimentally measured two-particle correlation functions. The final-state interaction is modeled through a resonant scattering amplitude, defined in terms of a mass and a coupling parameter, decaying into a $\pi^\pm$K$^0_{\rm S}$ pair. The extracted mass and Breit--Wigner width, derived from the coupling parameter, of the final-state interaction are found to be consistent with previous measurements of the K$^*_0(700)$. The small value and increasing behavior of the correlation strength with increasing source size support the hypothesis that the K$^*_0(700)$ is a four-quark state, i.e. a tetraquark state. This latter trend is also confirmed via a simple geometric model that assumes a tetraquark structure of the K$^*_0(700)$ resonance.

Note: Journal Article GSI record: GSI-2025-00244

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. ALICE (ALI)
2. Detektorlabor (DTL)
3. IT (CIT)
4. ExtreMe Matter Institute, EMMI (EXM)
5. Collaboration CERN: ALICE (ALICE@CERN)

Research Program(s):

1. 612 - Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory (POF4-612) (POF4-612)
2. HGS-HIRe - HGS-HIRe for FAIR (HGS-HIRe) (HGS-HIRe)
3. SUC-GSI-Heidelberg - Strategic university cooperation GSI-U Heidelberg (SUC-GSI-HE) (SUC-GSI-HE)
4. SUC-GSI-Frankfurt - Strategic university cooperation GSI-U Frankfurt/M (SUC-GSI-FR) (SUC-GSI-FR)
5. SUC-GSI-Darmstadt - Strategic university cooperation GSI-TU Darmstadt (SUC-GSI-DA) (SUC-GSI-DA)
6. STRONG-2020 - The strong interaction at the frontier of knowledge: fundamental research and applications (824093) (824093)

Experiment(s):

1. LHC: ALICE

Appears in the scientific report 2024

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Linked articles:

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Journal Article Acharya, S. ; Adamova, D. ; Aglieri Rinella, G. ; et al
Investigating the composition of the $K_0^⁎(700)$ state with $π±K_S^0$ correlations at the LHC
Physics letters / B 856, 138915 - (2024) [10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138915]2024   Files  Fulltext by arXiv.org BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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