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Observation of ψ (3686) →e+e-χcJ and χcJ →e+e-J /ψ

  • M. Ablikim
  • , M. N. Achasov
  • , X. C. Ai
  • , O. Albayrak
  • , M. Albrecht
  • , D. J. Ambrose
  • , A. Amoroso
  • , F. F. An
  • , Q. An
  • , J. Z. Bai
  • , R. Baldini Ferroli
  • , Y. Ban
  • , D. W. Bennett
  • , J. V. Bennett
  • , M. Bertani
  • , D. Bettoni
  • , J. M. Bian
  • , F. Bianchi
  • , E. Boger
  • , I. Boyko
  • 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, H. Y. Chen, J. C. Chen, M. L. Chen, S. Chen, S. J. Chen, X. Chen, X. R. Chen, Y. B. Chen, H. P. Cheng, X. K. Chu, G. Cibinetto, H. L. Dai, J. P. Dai, A. Dbeyssi, D. Dedovich, Z. Y. Deng, A. Denig, H. Muramatsu, R. Poling, (BESIII Collaboration)

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Abstract

Using 4.479×108 ψ(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector, we search for the decays ψ(3686)→e+e-χcJ and χcJ→e+e-J/ψ, where J=0, 1, 2. The decays ψ(3686)→e+e-χcJ and χcJ→e+e-J/ψ are observed for the first time. The measured branching fractions are B(ψ(3686)→e+e-χcJ)=(11.7±2.5±1.0)×10-4, (8.6±0.3±0.6)×10-4, (6.9±0.5±0.6)×10-4 for J=0, 1, 2, and B(χcJ→e+e-J/ψ)=(1.51±0.30±0.13)×10-4, (3.73±0.09±0.25)×10-3, (2.48±0.08±0.16)×10-3 for J=0, 1, 2, respectively. The ratios of the branching fractions B(ψ(3686)→e+e-χcJ)/B(ψ(3686)→γχcJ) and B(χcJ→e+e-J/ψ)/B(χcJ→γJ/ψ) are also reported. Also, the α values of helicity angular distributions of the e+e- pair are determined for ψ(3686)→e+e-χc1,2 and χc1,2→e+e-J/ψ.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number221802
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume118
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - May 30 2017

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