First observation of the decay phi --> eta-prime(958) gamma

Collaboration
Dec, 1997

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
The decay φ → η ′ γ has been observed by the CMD-2 detector at the e + e − collider VEPP-2M at Novosibirsk. Of 5.5 million produced φ 's, six events of the φ → η ′ γ decay were selected with the expected background less than one event. The corresponding branching ratio is B( φ → η ′ γ )=1.2 +0.7 −0.5 ·10 −4 . It is the first observation of this radiative decay.
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • Phi(1020): electroproduction
  • Phi(1020): radiative decay
  • eta(958)
  • Phi(1020): branching ratio
  • magnetic detector: experimental results
  • Novosibirsk Stor2
  • Phi(1020) --> eta(958) photon
  • eta(958) --> pi+ pi- pi0