Measurement of the eta-prime-meson mass using J/psi ---> gamma eta-prime

Collaboration
Jun, 2008
11 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 101 (2008) 182002
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CLNS-08-2030,
  • CLEO-08-13
Experiments:

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We measure the mass of the eta' meson using psi(2S)--> pi+ pi- J/psi, J/psi--> gamma eta' events acquired with the CLEO-c detector operating at the CESR e+e- collider. Using three decay modes, eta'--> rho0 gamma, eta'--> pi+ pi- eta with eta--> gamma gamma, and eta'--> pi+ pi- eta with eta--> pi+ pi- pi0, we find M(eta') = 957.793 +- 0.054 +- 0.036 MeV, in which the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. This result is consistent with but substantially more precise than the current world average.
  • 14.40.Cs
  • 14.40.Aq
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • psi(3685): electroproduction
  • psi(3685): hadronic decay
  • J/psi(3100): radiative decay
  • eta(958): decay modes
  • eta(958): mass
  • CLEO