Evidence for eta(c) -> gamma gamma and measurement of J/psi -> 3 gamma

M. Ablikim; M. N. Achasov; D. J. Ambrose; F. F. An; Q. An; Z. H. An; J. Z. Bai; Y. Ban; J. Becker; J. V. Bennett; M. Bertani; J. M. Bian; E. Boger; O. Bondarenko; I. Boyko; R. A. Briere; V. Bytev; X. Cai; O. Cakir; A. Calcaterra; G. F. Cao; S. A. Cetin; J. F. Chang; G. Chelkov; G. Chen; H. S. Chen; J.C. Chen; M.L. Chen; S. J. Chen; X. Chen; Y.B. Chen; H. P. Cheng; Y. P. Chu; D. Cronin-Hennessy; H. L. Dai; J.P. Dai; D. Dedovich; Z. Y. Deng; A. Denig; I. Denysenko; M. Destefanis; W. M. Ding; Y. Ding; L. Y. Dong; M. Y. Dong; S. X. Du; N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki; M. Kavatsyuk; H. Loehner; J. G. Messchendorp; BESIII Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.032003

Evidence for eta(c) -> gamma gamma and measurement of J/psi -> 3 gamma

M. Ablikim^*, M. N. Achasov, D. J. Ambrose, F. F. An, Q. An, Z. H. An, J. Z. Bai, Y. Ban, J. Becker, J. V. Bennett, M. Bertani, J. M. Bian, E. Boger, O. Bondarenko, I. Boyko, R. A. Briere, V. Bytev, X. Cai, O. Cakir, A. CalcaterraG. F. Cao, S. A. Cetin, J. F. Chang, G. Chelkov, G. Chen, H. S. Chen, J.C. Chen, M.L. Chen, S. J. Chen, X. Chen, Y.B. Chen, H. P. Cheng, Y. P. Chu, D. Cronin-Hennessy, H. L. Dai, J.P. Dai, D. Dedovich, Z. Y. Deng, A. Denig, I. Denysenko, M. Destefanis, W. M. Ding, Y. Ding, L. Y. Dong, M. Y. Dong, S. X. Du, N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki, M. Kavatsyuk, H. Loehner, J. G. Messchendorp, BESIII Collaboration

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The decay of J/psi to three photons is studied using psi (3686) -> pi(+) pi(-) J/psi in a sample of 1.0641 X 10(8) psi (3686) events collected with the BESIII detector. Evidence of the direct decay of eta(c) to two photons, eta(c) -> gamma gamma, is reported, and the product branching fraction is determined to be B(J/psi -> gamma eta(c,) eta(c) -> gamma gamma = (4.5 +/- 1.2 +/- 0.6) X 10(-6), where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic. The branching fraction for J/psi -> 3 gamma is measured to be (11.3 +/- 1.8 +/- 2.0) X 10(-6) with improved precision. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.032003

Original language	English
Article number	032003
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	87
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.032003
Publication status	Published - 8-Feb-2013

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DECAY-RATE
POSITRONIUM
CHARMONIUM
PRECISION
BESIII

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Ablikim, M., Achasov, M. N., Ambrose, D. J., An, F. F., An, Q., An, Z. H., Bai, J. Z., Ban, Y., Becker, J., Bennett, J. V., Bertani, M., Bian, J. M., Boger, E., Bondarenko, O., Boyko, I., Briere, R. A., Bytev, V., Cai, X., Cakir, O., ... BESIII Collaboration (2013). Evidence for eta(c) -> gamma gamma and measurement of J/psi -> 3 gamma. Physical Review D, 87(3), Article 032003. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.032003

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Evidence for eta(c) -> gamma gamma and measurement of J/psi -> 3 gamma

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