Measurement of Branching Ratios for $η_c$ Hadronic Decays

dc.creatorBai, J. Z.
dc.date2003-08-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:28:20Z
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dc.descriptionIn a sample of 58 million $J/ψ$ events collected with the BES II detector, the process J/$ψ\toγη_c$ is observed in five decay channels: $η_c \to K^+K^-π^+π^-$, $π^+π^-π^+π^-$, $K^\pm K^0_S π^\mp$ (with $K^0_S\toπ^+π^-$), $ϕϕ$ (with $ϕ\to K^+K^-$) and $p\bar{p}$. From these signals, we determine $Br(J/ψ\toγη_c)\times Br(η_c\to K^+K^-π^+π^-)$ $=(1.5\pm0.2\pm0.2)\times10^{-4}$, $Br(J/ψ\toγη_c)\times Br(η_c\to π^+π^-π^+π^-)$ $=(1.3\pm0.2\pm0.4)\times10^{-4}$, $Br(J/ψ\toγη_c)\times Br(η_c\to K^\pm K_{S}^{0}π^\mp)$ $=(2.2\pm0.3\pm0.5)\times10^{-4}$, $Br(J/ψ\toγη_c)\times Br(η_c\to ϕϕ)$ $=(3.3\pm0.6\pm0.6)\times10^{-5}$ and $Br(J/ψ\toγη_c)\times Br(η_c\to p\bar{p})$ $=(1.9\pm0.3\pm0.3)\times10^{-5}$.
dc.description8 pages, 1 figures and 4 table. Submitted to Phys. Lett. B
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0308073
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0308073
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B578:16-22,2004
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.042
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/177410
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleMeasurement of Branching Ratios for $η_c$ Hadronic Decays
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