Observation of hc Radiative Decay hc →γη′ and Evidence for hc →γη

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

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.251802

Observation of hc Radiative Decay hc →γη′ and Evidence for hc →γη

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. BoykoR. 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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A search for radiative decays of the P-wave spin singlet charmonium resonance hc is performed based on 4.48×108 ψ′ events collected with the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII storage ring. Events of the reaction channels hc→γη′ and γη are observed with a statistical significance of 8.4σ and 4.0σ, respectively, for the first time. The branching fractions of hc→γη′ and hc→γη are measured to be B(hc→γη′)=(1.52±0.27±0.29)×10-3 and B(hc→γη)=(4.7±1.5±1.4)×10-4, respectively, where the first errors are statistical and the second are systematic uncertainties.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	251802
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	116
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.251802
State	Published - Jun 21 2016

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Ablikim, M., Achasov, M. N., Ai, X. C., Albayrak, O., Albrecht, M., Ambrose, D. J., Amoroso, A., An, F. F., An, Q., Bai, J. Z., Baldini Ferroli, R., Ban, Y., Bennett, D. W., Bennett, J. V., Bertani, M., Bettoni, D., Bian, J. M., Bianchi, F., Boger, E., ... BESIII Collaboration (2016). Observation of hc Radiative Decay hc →γη′ and Evidence for hc →γη. Physical review letters, 116(25), Article 251802. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.251802

Ablikim, M, Achasov, MN, Ai, XC, Albayrak, O, Albrecht, M, Ambrose, DJ, Amoroso, A, An, FF, An, Q, Bai, JZ, Baldini Ferroli, R, Ban, Y, Bennett, DW, Bennett, JV, Bertani, M, Bettoni, D, Bian, JM, Bianchi, F, Boger, E, Boyko, I, Briere, RA, Cai, H, Cai, X, Cakir, O, Calcaterra, A, Cao, GF, Cetin, SA, Chang, JF, Chelkov, G, Chen, G, Chen, HS, Chen, HY, Chen, JC, Chen, ML, Chen, S, Chen, SJ, Chen, X, Chen, XR, Chen, YB, Cheng, HP, Chu, XK, Cibinetto, G, Dai, HL, Dai, JP, Dbeyssi, A, Dedovich, D, Deng, ZY, Denig, A, Muramatsu, H, Poling, R & BESIII Collaboration 2016, 'Observation of hc Radiative Decay hc →γη′ and Evidence for hc →γη', Physical review letters, vol. 116, no. 25, 251802. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.251802

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