Search for η<i><sub>c</sub></i>(2<i>S</i>)<i>h<sub>c</sub></i> → <i>p</i>(<i>p</i>)over-bar decays and measurements of the χ<i><sub>cJ</sub></i> → <i>p</i>(<i>p</i>)over-bar branching fractions
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, vol.88, no.11, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 88 Issue: 11
- Publication Date: 2013
- Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevd.88.112001
- Journal Name: PHYSICAL REVIEW D
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Using a sample of 1.06 x 10(8)psi(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector at BEPCII, the decays eta(c)(2S) -> p (p) over bar and h(c) -> p (p) over bar are searched for, where eta(c)(2S) and h(c) are reconstructed in the decay chains psi(3686) -> gamma eta(c)(2S), eta(c)(2S) -> p (p) over bar and psi(3686) -> pi(0)h(c), h(c) -> p (p) over bar, respectively. No significant signals are observed. The upper limits of the product branching fractions are determined to be B(psi(3686) -> gamma eta(c)(2S)) x B(eta(c)(2S) -> p (p) over bar) < 1.4 x 10(-6) and B(psi(3686) -> pi(0)h(c)) x B(h(c) -> p<(p)over bar>) < 1.3 x 10(-7) at the 90% C.L.. The branching fractions for chi(cJ) -> p<(p)over bar> (J = 0, 1, 2) are also measured to be (24.5 +/- 0.8 +/- 1.3, 8.6 +/- 0.5 +/- 0.5, 8.4 +/- 0.5 +/- 0.5) x 10(-5), which are the world's most precise measurements.