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Title: Evidence for e+e-γ η c (1S) at center-of-mass energies between 4.01 and 4.60 GeV

Abstract

In this paper, we present first evidence for the process e+e- → γηc(1S) at six center-of-mass energies between 4.01 and 4.60 GeV using data collected by the BESIII experiment operating at BEPCII. We measure the Born cross section at each energy using a combination of twelve ηc(1S) decay channels. We also combine all six energies under various assumptions for the energy-dependence of the cross section. Finally, if the process is assumed to proceed via the Y (4260), we measure a peak Born cross section σpeak (e+e- → γηc(1S)) = 2.11 ± 0.49(stat.) ± 0.36(syst.) pb with a statistical significance of 4.2σ.

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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:
1440865
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1378831
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0016583; FG02-05ER41374; SC0010504; SC0012069; SC0010118
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review D
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 96; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; branching fraction; hadronic decays; particle phenomena; exotic mesons; hybrid mesons

Citation Formats

Ablikim, M., Achasov, M. N., Ahmed, S., Albrecht, M., Alekseev, M., Amoroso, A., An, F. F., An, Q., Bai, J. Z., Bai, Y., Bakina, O., Baldini Ferroli, R., 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, 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., Dorjkhaidav, O., Dou, Z. L., Du, S. X., Duan, P. F., Fang, J., Fang, S. S., Fang, X., 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, Y. G., Gao, Z., Garillon, B., Garzia, I., Goetzen, K., Gong, L., Gong, W. X., Gradl, W., Greco, M., Gu, M. H., Gu, S., Gu, Y. T., Guo, A. Q., Guo, L. B., 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, C., Hu, H. M., Hu, T., Hu, Y., Huang, G. S., Huang, J. S., Huang, S. H., Huang, X. T., Huang, X. Z., Huang, Z. L., Hussain, T., Ikegami Andersson, W., Ji, Q., Ji, Q. P., Ji, X. B., Ji, X. L., Jiang, X. S., Jiang, X. Y., Jiao, J. B., Jiao, Z., Jin, D. P., Jin, S., Jin, Y., Johansson, T., Julin, A., Kalantar-Nayestanaki, N., Kang, X. L., Kang, X. S., Kavatsyuk, M., Ke, B. C., Khan, T., Khoukaz, A., Kiese, P., Kliemt, R., Koch, L., Kolcu, O. B., Kopf, B., Kornicer, M., Kuemmel, M., Kuhlmann, 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. 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abstractNote = {In this paper, we present first evidence for the process e+e- → γηc(1S) at six center-of-mass energies between 4.01 and 4.60 GeV using data collected by the BESIII experiment operating at BEPCII. We measure the Born cross section at each energy using a combination of twelve ηc(1S) decay channels. We also combine all six energies under various assumptions for the energy-dependence of the cross section. Finally, if the process is assumed to proceed via the Y (4260), we measure a peak Born cross section σpeak (e+e- → γηc(1S)) = 2.11 ± 0.49(stat.) ± 0.36(syst.) pb with a statistical significance of 4.2σ.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.96.051101},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 5,
volume = 96,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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FIG. 1 FIG. 1: The recoil-mass distribution of the transition pho- ton summed over all ηc decay channels. Results from the simultaneous fits are overlaid. In (a-f) the fits are performed separately at each energy; in (g) and (h) the data are combined and fit with the σY(4260) and σFLAT assumptions, respectively.more » Pull distributions, derived by comparing the t projections and the data, are shown below each plot. Dotted and dashed vertical lines indicate the ηc and J/ψ masses, respectively.« less

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