The quantum numbers of the X(3872) meson are determined to be JPC=1++ based on angular correlations in B+→X(3872)K+ decays, where X(3872)→π+π−J/ψ and J/ψ→μ+μ−. The data correspond to 1.0  fb−1 of pp collisions collected by the LHCb detector. The only alternative assignment allowed by previous measurements JPC=2−+ is rejected with a confidence level equivalent to more than 8 Gaussian standard deviations using a likelihood-ratio test in the full angular phase space. This result favors exotic explanations of the X(3872) state.

Determination of the X(3872) Meson Quantum Numbers

CARDINALE, ROBERTA;FONTANELLI, FLAVIO;PATRIGNANI, CLAUDIA;PETROLINI, ALESSANDRO;SANNINO, MARIO;
2013-01-01

Abstract

The quantum numbers of the X(3872) meson are determined to be JPC=1++ based on angular correlations in B+→X(3872)K+ decays, where X(3872)→π+π−J/ψ and J/ψ→μ+μ−. The data correspond to 1.0  fb−1 of pp collisions collected by the LHCb detector. The only alternative assignment allowed by previous measurements JPC=2−+ is rejected with a confidence level equivalent to more than 8 Gaussian standard deviations using a likelihood-ratio test in the full angular phase space. This result favors exotic explanations of the X(3872) state.
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