@article{61ed278c939a4e89b7366ab4ecc7c99a,
title = "First observations of hc →hadrons",
abstract = "Based on (4.48±0.03)×108 ψ(3686) events, collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII storage ring, five hc hadronic decays are searched for via the process ψ(3686)→π0hc. Three of them, hc→ppπ+π-, π+π-π0, and 2(π+π-)π0, are observed for the first time with significances of 7.4σ, 4.6σ, and 9.1σ, and their branching fractions are determined to be (2.89±0.32±0.55)×10-3, (1.60±0.40±0.32)×10-3, and (7.44±0.94±1.52)×10-3, respectively, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. No significant signal is observed for the other two decay modes, and the corresponding upper limits of the branching fractions are determined to be B(hc→3(π+π-)π0)<8.7×10-3 and B(hc→K+K-π+π-)<5.8×10-4 at the 90% confidence level.",
author = "{BESIII Collaboration} and M. Ablikim and Achasov, {M. N.} and P. Adlarson and S. Ahmed and M. Albrecht and M. Alekseev and A. Amoroso and An, {F. F.} and Q. An and Y. Bai and O. Bakina and Ferroli, {R. Baldini} and I. Balossino and Y. Ban and K. Begzsuren and Bennett, {J. V.} and N. Berger and M. Bertani and D. Bettoni and F. Bianchi and J. Biernat and J. Bloms and I. Boyko and Briere, {R. A.} and H. Cai and X. Cai and A. Calcaterra and Cao, {G. F.} and N. Cao and Cetin, {S. A.} and J. Chai and Chang, {J. F.} and Chang, {W. L.} and G. Chelkov and Chen, {D. Y.} and G. Chen and Chen, {H. S.} and Chen, {J. C.} and Chen, {M. L.} and Chen, {S. J.} and Chen, {Y. B.} and W. Cheng and G. Cibinetto and F. Cossio and Cui, {X. F.} and Dai, {H. L.} and Dai, {J. P.} and Dai, {X. C.} and A. Dbeyssi and Hajime Muramatsu",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.",
year = "2019",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.99.072008",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "99",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "2470-0010",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "7",
}