Dalitz plot analysis of ηcK+Kη\eta_c \to K^+ K^- \eta and ηcK+Kπ0\eta_c \to K^+ K^- \pi^0 in two-photon interactions

Collaboration
Mar 27, 2014
16 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 89 (2014) 11, 112004
  • Published: Jun 16, 2014
e-Print:
Report number:
  • BABAR-PUB-13-021,
  • SLAC-PUB-15928
Experiments:

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Abstract: (APS)

We study the processes γγK+K-η and γγK+K-π0 using a data sample of 519fb-1 recorded with the BABAR detector operating at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at center-of-mass energies at and near the ϒ(nS) (n=2,3,4) resonances. We observe ηcK+K-π0 and ηcK+K-η decays, measure their relative branching fraction, and perform a Dalitz plot analysis for each decay. We observe the K0*(1430)Kη decay and measure its branching fraction relative to the Kπ decay mode to be R(K0*(1430))=B(K0*(1430)Kη)B(K0*(1430)Kπ)=0.092±0.025-0.025+0.010. The ηcK+K-η and K0*(1430)Kη results correspond to the first observations of these channels. The data also show evidence for ηc(2S)K+K-π0 and first evidence for ηc(2S)K+K-η.

Note:
  • 19 pages, 13 postscript figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D
  • 13.25.Gv
  • 14.40.Be
  • 14.40.Df
  • 14.40.Pq
  • Dalitz plot
  • exchange: two-photon
  • BaBar
  • electron positron: interaction
  • photon photon: interaction
  • eta/c(2980): hadronic decay