Evidence for ψ′ Decays into γπ0 and γη

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作者
Ablikim, M. [1 ]
Achasov, M. N. [5 ]
An, L. [9 ]
An, Q. [35 ]
An, Z. H. [1 ]
Bai, J. Z. [1 ]
Baldini, R. [17 ]
Ban, Y. [22 ]
Becker, J. [2 ]
Berger, N. [1 ]
Bertani, M. [17 ]
Bian, J. M. [1 ]
Boyko, I. [15 ]
Briere, R. A. [3 ]
Bytev, V. [15 ]
Cai, X. [1 ]
Cao, G. F. [1 ]
Cao, X. X. [1 ]
Chang, J. F. [1 ]
Chelkov, G. [15 ,43 ]
Chen, G. [1 ]
Chen, H. S. [1 ]
Chen, J. C. [1 ]
Chen, M. L. [1 ]
Chen, S. J. [20 ]
Chen, Y. [1 ]
Chen, Y. B. [1 ]
Cheng, H. P. [11 ]
Chu, Y. P. [1 ]
Cronin-Hennessy, D. [34 ]
Dai, H. L. [1 ]
Dai, J. P. [1 ]
Dedovich, D. [15 ]
Deng, Z. Y. [1 ]
Denysenko, I. [15 ]
Destefanis, M. [37 ,38 ]
Ding, Y. [18 ]
Dong, L. Y. [1 ]
Dong, M. Y. [1 ]
Du, S. X. [42 ]
Duan, M. Y. [25 ]
Fan, R. R. [1 ]
Fang, J. [1 ]
Fang, S. S. [1 ]
Feldbauer, F. [2 ]
Feng, C. Q. [35 ]
Fu, C. D. [1 ]
Fu, J. L. [20 ]
Gao, Y. [31 ]
Geng, C. [35 ]
机构
[1] Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[2] Ruhr Univ Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
[3] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
[4] China Ctr Adv Sci & Technol, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[5] GI Budker Inst Nucl Phys SB RAS BINP, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
[6] Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[7] GSI Helmholtzctr Heavy Ion Res GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
[8] Guangxi Normal Univ, Guilin 541004, Peoples R China
[9] Guangxi Univ, Nanning 530004, Peoples R China
[10] Henan Normal Univ, Xinxiang 453007, Peoples R China
[11] Huangshan Coll, Huangshan 245000, Peoples R China
[12] Huazhong Normal Univ, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China
[13] Hunan Univ, Changsha 410082, Hunan, Peoples R China
[14] Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
[15] Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna 141980, Russia
[16] KVI Univ Groningen, NL-9747 AA Groningen, Netherlands
[17] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
[18] Liaoning Univ, Shenyang 110036, Peoples R China
[19] Nanjing Normal Univ, Nanjing 210046, Peoples R China
[20] Nanjing Univ, Nanjing 210093, Peoples R China
[21] Nankai Univ, Tianjin 300071, Peoples R China
[22] Peking Univ, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
[23] Seoul Natl Univ, Seoul 151747, South Korea
[24] Shandong Univ, Jinan 250100, Peoples R China
[25] Shanxi Univ, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R China
[26] Sichuan Univ, Chengdu 610064, Peoples R China
[27] Sun Yat Sen Univ, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[28] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[29] Univ Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[30] Univ Tokyo, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
[31] Tsinghua Univ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
[32] Univ Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
[33] Univ Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
[34] Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[35] Univ Sci & Technol China, Hefei 230026, Peoples R China
[36] Univ Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
[37] Univ Turin, Turin, Italy
[38] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[39] Univ Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[40] Wuhan Univ, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China
[41] Zhejiang Univ, Hangzhou 310027, Peoples R China
[42] Zhengzhou Univ, Zhengzhou 450001, Peoples R China
[43] Moscow Inst Phys & Technol, Moscow, Russia
[44] PNPI, Gatchina, Russia
基金
中国国家自然科学基金; 新加坡国家研究基金会; 俄罗斯基础研究基金会;
关键词
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; EXCLUSIVE PROCESSES; PHOTON; STATES;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.261801
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The decays psi' -> gamma pi(0), gamma eta and gamma eta' are studied using data collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII e(+)e(-) collider. The processes psi' -> gamma pi(0) and psi' -> gamma eta are observed for the first time with signal significances of 4.6 sigma and 4.3 sigma, respectively. The branching fractions are determined to be B(psi' -> gamma pi(0)) = (1.58 +/- 0.40 +/- 0.13) X 10(-6), B(psi' -> gamma eta) = (1.38 +/- 0.48 +/- 0.09 +/- 10(-6)) and B(psi' -> gamma eta') = (126 +/- 3 +/- 8) X 10(-6), where the first errors are statistical and the second ones systematic.
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