Observation of η′ →π+π-π+π- and η′ →π+π-π0π0

  • M. Ablikim
  • , M. N. Achasov
  • , X. C. Ai
  • , O. Albayrak
  • , M. Albrecht
  • , D. J. Ambrose
  • , F. F. An
  • , Q. An
  • , J. Z. Bai
  • , R. Baldini Ferroli
  • , Y. Ban
  • , J. V. Bennett
  • , M. Bertani
  • , J. M. Bian
  • , E. Boger
  • , O. Bondarenko
  • , I. Boyko
  • , S. Braun
  • , R. A. Briere
  • , H. Cai
  • X. Cai, O. Cakir, A. Calcaterra, G. F. Cao, S. A. Cetin, J. F. Chang, G. Chelkov, G. Chen, H. S. Chen, J. C. Chen, M. L. Chen, S. J. Chen, X. Chen, X. R. Chen, Y. B. Chen, H. P. Cheng, X. K. Chu, Y. P. Chu, D. Cronin-Hennessy, H. L. Dai, J. P. Dai, D. Dedovich, Z. Y. Deng, A. Denig, I. Denysenko, M. Destefanis, W. M. Ding, Y. Ding, H. Muramatsu, R. Poling, BESIII Collaboration

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Abstract

Using a sample of 1.3×109J/ψ events collected with the BESIII detector, we report the first observation of η′→π+π- π+π- and η′→π+π-π0π0. The measured branching fractions are B(η′→π+π-π+π-)=[8.53±0.69(stat.) ±0.64(syst.)]×10-5 and B(η′→π+π-π0π0)= [1.82±0.35(stat.)±0.18(syst.)]×10-4, which are consistent with theoretical predictions based on a combination of chiral perturbation theory and vector-meson dominance.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number251801
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume112
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 25 2014

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