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Title: Search for h c π + π J / ψ via ψ ( 3686 ) π 0 π + π J / ψ

Abstract

Using a data sample of 448.1 × 106 ψ(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII, we perform search for the hadronic transition hc → π+π-J/ψ via ψ(3686) → π0hc. No signals of the transition are observed, and the upper limit on the product branching fraction B(ψ(3686) → π0hc)B(hc → π+π-J/ψ) at the 90% confidence level is determined to be 2.0 × 10-6. This is the most stringent upper limit to date.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Org.:
BESIII Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1429149
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1440847
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-05ER41374; SC-0010504; SC0012069; SC0016583
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review D
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 97 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; BESIII

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Ablikim, M., Achasov, M. N., Ahmed, S., Ai, X. C., Albrecht, M., Ambrose, D. J., Amoroso, A., An, F. F., An, Q., Bai, J. Z., Bakina, O., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Ban, Y., Bennett, D. W., Bennett, J. V., Berger, N., Bertani, M., Bettoni, D., Bian, J. M., Bianchi, F., Boger, E., Boyko, I., Briere, R. A., Cai, H., Cai, X., Cakir, O., Calcaterra, A., Cao, G. F., Cetin, S. A., Chai, J., Chang, J. F., Chelkov, G., Chen, G., Chen, H. S., Chen, J. C., Chen, M. L., Chen, P. L., Chen, S. J., Chen, X. R., Chen, Y. B., Chu, X. K., Cibinetto, G., Dai, H. L., Dai, J. P., Dbeyssi, A., Dedovich, D., Deng, Z. Y., Denig, A., Denysenko, I., Destefanis, M., De Mori, F., Ding, Y., Dong, C., Dong, J., Dong, L. Y., Dong, M. Y., Dou, Z. L., Du, S. X., Duan, P. F., Fang, J., Fang, S. S., Fang, Y., Farinelli, R., Fava, L., Fegan, S., Feldbauer, F., Felici, G., Feng, C. Q., Fioravanti, E., Fritsch, M., Fu, C. D., Gao, Q., Gao, X. L., Gao, Y., Gao, Z., Garzia, I., Goetzen, K., Gong, L., Gong, W. X., Gradl, W., Greco, M., Gu, M. H., Gu, Y. T., Guo, A. Q., Guo, R. P., Guo, Y. P., Haddadi, Z., Han, S., Hao, X. Q., Harris, F. A., He, K. L., He, X. Q., Heinsius, F. H., Held, T., Heng, Y. K., Holtmann, T., Hou, Z. L., Hu, H. M., Hu, T., Hu, Y., Huang, G. S., Huang, J. S., Huang, X. T., Huang, X. Z., Huang, Z. L., Hussain, T., Andersson, W. Ikegami, Ji, Q., Ji, Q. P., Ji, X. B., Ji, X. L., Jiang, L. W., Jiang, X. S., Jiang, X. Y., Jiao, J. B., Jiao, Z., Jie, Q. L., Jin, D. P., Jin, S., Johansson, T., Julin, A., Kalantar-Nayestanaki, N., Kang, X. L., Kang, X. S., Kavatsyuk, M., Ke, B. C., Kiese, P., Kliemt, R., Kloss, B., Kolcu, O. B., Kopf, B., Kornicer, M., Kupsc, A., Kühn, W., Lange, J. S., Lara, M., Larin, P., Lavezzi, L., Leithoff, H., Leng, C., Li, C., Li, Cheng, Li, D. M., Li, F., Li, F. Y., Li, G., Li, H. B., Li, H. J., Li, J. C., Li, Jin, Li, Kang, Li, Ke, Li, Lei, Li, P. L., Li, P. R., Li, Q. Y., Li, W. D., Li, W. G., Li, X. L., Li, X. N., Li, X. Q., Li, Z. 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abstractNote = {Using a data sample of 448.1 × 106 ψ(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII, we perform search for the hadronic transition hc → π+π-J/ψ via ψ(3686) → π0hc. No signals of the transition are observed, and the upper limit on the product branching fraction B(ψ(3686) → π0hc)B(hc → π+π-J/ψ) at the 90% confidence level is determined to be 2.0 × 10-6. This is the most stringent upper limit to date.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.97.052008},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 5,
volume = 97,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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FIG. 1 FIG. 1: Distributions of M(e+e) (left) and M($µ^+µ^−$) (right) in data. The arrows show the signal region.

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