Study of hc→3 (π+π-)π0, hc→2 (π+π-)ω, hc→2 (π+π-)π0η, hc→2 (π+π-)η, and hc→p p ¯

Journal
Physical Review D
ISSN
24700010
Date Issued
2024-04-01
Author(s)
Ablikim, M.
Achasov, M. N.
Adlarson, P.
Afedulidis, O.
Ai, X. C.
Aliberti, R.
Amoroso, A.
An, Q.
Bai, Y.
Bakina, O.
Balossino, I.
Ban, Y.
Bao, H. R.
Batozskaya, V.
Begzsuren, K.
Berger, N.
Berlowski, M.
Bertani, M.
Bettoni, D.
Bianchi, F.
Bianco, E.
Bortone, A.
Boyko, I.
Briere, R. A.
Brueggemann, A.
Cai, H.
Cai, X.
Calcaterra, A.
Cao, G. F.
Cao, N.
Cetin, S. A.
Chang, J. F.
Che, G. R.
Chelkov, G.
Chen, C.
Chen, C. H.
Chen, Chao
Chen, G.
Chen, H. S.
Chen, H. Y.
Chen, M. L.
Chen, S. J.
Chen, S. L.
Chen, S. M.
Chen, T.
Chen, X. R.
Chen, X. T.
Chen, Y. B.
Chen, Y. Q.
Chen, Z. J.
Chen, Z. Y.
Choi, S. K.
Cibinetto, G.
Cossio, F.
Cui, J. J.
Dai, H. L.
Dai, J. P.
Dbeyssi, A.
De Boer, R. E.
Dedovich, D.
Deng, C. Q.
Deng, Z. Y.
Denig, A.
Denysenko, I.
Destefanis, M.
De Mori, F.
Ding, B.
Ding, X. X.
Ding, Y.
Ding, Y.
Dong, J.
Dong, L. Y.
Dong, M. Y.
Dong, X.
Du, M. C.
Du, S. X.
Duan, Y. Y.
Duan, Z. H.
Egorov, P.
Fan, Y. H.
Fang, J.
Fang, J.
Fang, S. S.
Fang, W. X.
Fang, Y.
Fang, Y. Q.
Farinelli, R.
Fava, L.
Feldbauer, F.
Felici, G.
Feng, C. Q.
Feng, J. H.
Feng, Y. T.
Fritsch, M.
Fu, C. D.
Fu, J. L.
Fu, Y. W.
Gao, H.
Gao, X. B.
Gao, Y. N.
DOI
Abstract
Based on (2712.4±14.1)×106 ψ(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector, we study the decays hc→3(π+π-)π0, hc→2(π+π-)ω, hc→2(π+π-)π0η, hc→2(π+π-)η, and hc→pp¯ via ψ(3686)→π0hc. The decay channel hc→3(π+π-)π0 is observed for the first time, and its branching fraction is determined to be (9.28±1.14±0.77)×10-3, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. In addition, first evidence is found for the modes hc→2(π+π-)π0η and hc→2(π+π-)ω with significances of 4.8σ and 4.7σ, and their branching fractions are determined to be (7.55±1.51±0.77)×10-3 and (4.00±0.86±0.35)×10-3, respectively. No significant signals of hc→2(π+π-)η and hc→pp¯ are observed, and the upper limits of the branching fractions of these decays are determined to be <6.19×10-4 and <4.40×10-5 at the 90% confidence level, respectively.
Volume
109