Measurement of Prominent eta Decay Branching Fractions

Collaboration
Jul, 2007
11 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 99 (2007) 122001
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CLNS-07-2002,
  • CLEO-07-10
Experiments:

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Abstract: (arXiv)
The decay psi(2S) --> eta J/psi is used to measure, for the first time, all prominent eta-meson branching fractions with the same experiment in the same dataset, thereby providing a consistent treatment of systematics across branching fractions. We present results for eta decays to gamma gamma, pi+pi-pi0, 3 pi0, pi+ pi- gamma, and e+ e- gamma, accounting for 99.9% of all eta decays. The precisions for several of the branching fractions and their ratios are improved. Two channels, pi+ pi- gamma and e+ e- gamma, show results that differ at the level of three standard deviations from those previously determined.
Note:
  • 13.20.-v
  • 13.25.-k
  • 14.40.Aq
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • psi(3685): electroproduction
  • psi(3685): hadronic decay
  • eta: decay modes
  • J/psi(3100): leptonic decay
  • eta: branching ratio
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