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Search for new hadronic decays of h<inf>c</inf> and observation of h<inf>c</inf> → pp¯ η
Date Issued
01-05-2022
Author(s)
Ablikim, M.
Achasov, M. N.
Adlarson, P.
Ahmed, S.
Albrecht, M.
Aliberti, R.
Amoroso, A.
An, M. R.
An, Q.
Bai, X. H.
Bai, Y.
Bakina, O.
Baldini Ferroli, R.
Balossino, I.
Ban, Y.
Begzsuren, K.
Berger, N.
Bertani, M.
Bettoni, D.
Bianchi, F.
Bloms, J.
Bortone, A.
Boyko, I.
Briere, R. A.
Cai, H.
Cai, X.
Calcaterra, A.
Cao, G. F.
Cao, N.
Cetin, S. A.
Chang, J. F.
Chang, W. L.
Chelkov, G.
Chen, G.
Chen, H. S.
Chen, M. L.
Chen, S. J.
Chen, X. R.
Chen, Y. B.
Chen, Z. J.
Cheng, W. S.
Cibinetto, G.
Cossio, F.
Cui, J. J.
Cui, X. F.
Dai, H. L.
Dai, J. P.
Dai, X. C.
Dbeyssi, A.
de Boer, R. E.
Dedovich, D.
Deng, Z. Y.
Denig, A.
Denysenko, I.
Destefanis, M.
De Mori, F.
Ding, Y.
Dong, C.
Dong, J.
Dong, L. Y.
Dong, M. Y.
Dong, X.
Du, S. X.
Egorov, P.
Fan, Y. L.
Fang, J.
Fang, S. S.
Fang, Y.
Farinelli, R.
Fava, L.
Feldbauer, F.
Felici, G.
Feng, C. Q.
Feng, J. H.
Fritsch, M.
Fu, C. D.
Gao, Y.
Gao, Y.
Garzia, I.
Ge, P. T.
Geng, C.
Gersabeck, E. M.
Gilman, A.
Goetzen, K.
Gong, L.
Gong, W. X.
Gradl, W.
Greco, M.
Gu, L. M.
Gu, M. H.
Guan, C. Y.
Guo, A. Q.
Guo, A. Q.
Guo, L. B.
Guo, R. P.
Guo, Y. P.
Guskov, A.
Han, T. T.
Han, W. Y.
Hao, X. Q.
Abstract
A search for the hadronic decays of the hc meson to the final states pp¯ π+π−π0, pp¯ η, and pp¯ π0 via the process ψ(3686) → π0hc is performed using (4.48 ± 0.03) × 108ψ(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector. The decay channel hc → pp¯ η is observed for the first time with a significance greater than 5σ and a branching fraction of (6.41 ± 1.74 ± 0.53 ± 1.00) × 10−4, where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and that from the branching fraction of ψ(3686) → π0hc. Strong evidence for the decay hc → pp¯ π+π−π0 is found with a significance of 4.9σ and a branching fraction of (3.84 ± 0.83 ± 0.69 ± 0.58) × 10−3. The significances include systematic uncertainties. No clear signal of the decay hc → pp¯ π0 is found, and an upper limit of 6.59 × 10−4 on its branching fraction is set at the 90% confidence level. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
Volume
2022