Observation of a Neutral Structure near the $Dbar{D}^{*}$ Mass Threshold in $e^{+}e^{-}to (D bar{D}^*)^0pi^0$ at $sqrt{s}$ = 4.226 and 4.257 GeV


Abstract in English

A neutral structure in the $Dbar{D}^{*}$ system around the $Dbar{D}^{*}$ mass threshold is observed with a statistical significance greater than 10$sigma$ in the processes $e^{+}e^{-}rightarrow D^{+}D^{*-}pi^{0}+c.c.$ and $e^{+}e^{-}rightarrow D^{0}bar{D}^{*0}pi^{0}+c.c.$ at $sqrt{s}$ = 4.226 and 4.257 GeV in the BESIII experiment. The structure is denoted as $Z_{c}(3885)^{0}$. Assuming the presence of a resonance, its pole mass and width are determined to be ($3885.7^{+4.3}_{-5.7}$(stat)$pm 8.4$(syst)) MeV/$c^{2}$ and ($35^{+11}_{-12}$(stat)$ pm 15$(syst)) MeV, respectively. The Born cross sections are measured to be $sigma(e^{+}e^{-}to Z_{c}(3885)^{0}pi^{0}, Z_{c}(3885)^{0} to Dbar{D}^{*})=(77 pm 13$(stat)$pm 17$(syst)) pb at 4.226 GeV and ($47 pm 9$(stat)$ pm 10$(syst)) pb at 4.257 GeV. The ratio of decay rates $frac{mathcal{B}({Z_{c}(3885)^{0} to D^{+}D^{*-}+c.c.})}{mathcal{B}({Z_{c}(3885)^{0} to D^{0}bar{D}^{*0}+c.c.})}$ is determined to be $0.96 pm 0.18$(stat)$pm 0.12$(syst), consistent with no isospin violation in the process $Z_{c}(3885)^{0}to Dbar{D}^*$.

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