A highly significant structure is observed in the ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}{K}^{-}{\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{+}$ mass spectrum, where the ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}$ baryon is reconstructed in the decay mode $p{K}^{-}{\pi }^{+}$. The structure is consistent with originating from a weakly decaying particle, identified as the doubly charmed baryon ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_{cc}^{++}$. The difference between the masses of the ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_{cc}^{++}$ and ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}$ states is measured to be $1334.94\pm 0.72(\text{stat.})\pm 0.27(\text{syst}\mathrm{.})\mathrm{MeV}/c^2$, and the ${\mathrm{\Xi }}_{cc}^{++}$ mass is then determined to be $3621.40\pm 0.72(\text{stat.})\pm 0.27(\text{syst}\mathrm{.})\pm 0.14({\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+})\mathrm{MeV}/c^2$, where the last uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}$ mass. The state is observed in a sample of proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $1.7{\mathrm{fb}}^{-1}$, and confirmed in an additional sample of data collected at 8 TeV.

• Received 6 July 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.112001

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