You are not logged in to this journal. Log in    |   Subscription Information

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 162003 (2006) [6 pages]

Charmonium Decays of Y(4260), psi(4160), and psi(4040)

T. E. Coan,1 Y. S. Gao,1 F. Liu,1 M. Artuso,2 S. Blusk,2 J. Butt,2 J. Li,2 N. Menaa,2 R. Mountain,2 S. Nisar,2 K. Randrianarivony,2 R. Redjimi,2 R. Sia,2 T. Skwarnicki,2 S. Stone,2 J. C. Wang,2 K. Zhang,2 S. E. Csorna,3 G. Bonvicini,4 D. Cinabro,4 M. Dubrovin,4 A. Lincoln,4 D. M. Asner,5 K. W. Edwards,5 R. A. Briere,6 I. Brock,6 J. Chen,6 T. Ferguson,6 G. Tatishvili,6 H. Vogel,6 M. E. Watkins,6 J. L. Rosner,7 N. E. Adam,8 J. P. Alexander,8 K. Berkelman,8 D. G. Cassel,8 J. E. Duboscq,8 K. M. Ecklund,8 R. Ehrlich,8 L. Fields,8 R. S. Galik,8 L. Gibbons,8 R. Gray,8 S. W. Gray,8 D. L. Hartill,8 B. K. Heltsley,8 D. Hertz,8 C. D. Jones,8 J. Kandaswamy,8 D. L. Kreinick,8 V. E. Kuznetsov,8 H. Mahlke-Krüger,8 T. O. Meyer,8 P. U. E. Onyisi,8 J. R. Patterson,8 D. Peterson,8 E. A. Phillips,8 J. Pivarski,8 D. Riley,8 A. Ryd,8 A. J. Sadoff,8 H. Schwarthoff,8 X. Shi,8 S. Stroiney,8 W. M. Sun,8 T. Wilksen,8 M. Weinberger,8 S. B. Athar,9 P. Avery,9 L. Breva-Newell,9 R. Patel,9 V. Potlia,9 H. Stoeck,9 J. Yelton,9 P. Rubin,10 C. Cawlfield,11 B. I. Eisenstein,11 I. Karliner,11 D. Kim,11 N. Lowrey,11 P. Naik,11 C. Sedlack,11 M. Selen,11 E. J. White,11 J. Wiss,11 M. R. Shepherd,12 D. Besson,13 T. K. Pedlar,14 D. Cronin-Hennessy,15 K. Y. Gao,15 D. T. Gong,15 J. Hietala,15 Y. Kubota,15 T. Klein,15 B. W. Lang,15 R. Poling,15 A. W. Scott,15 A. Smith,15 S. Dobbs,16 Z. Metreveli,16 K. K. Seth,16 A. Tomaradze,16 P. Zweber,16 J. Ernst,17 H. Severini,18 S. A. Dytman,19 W. Love,19 V. Savinov,19 O. Aquines,20 Z. Li,20 A. Lopez,20 S. Mehrabyan,20 H. Mendez,20 J. Ramirez,20 G. S. Huang,21 D. H. Miller,21 V. Pavlunin,21 B. Sanghi,21 I. P. J. Shipsey,21 B. Xin,21 G. S. Adams,22 M. Anderson,22 J. P. Cummings,22 I. Danko,22 J. Napolitano,22 Q. He,23 J. Insler,23 H. Muramatsu,23 C. S. Park,23 and E. H. Thorndike23

(CLEO Collaboration)

1Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
2Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
3Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
4Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
5Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6
6Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
7Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
8Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
9University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
10George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA
11University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
12Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
13University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
14Luther College, Decorah, Iowa 52101, USA
15University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
16Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
17State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York 12222, USA
18University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
19University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
20University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00681
21Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
22Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
23University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA

Received 20 February 2006; revised 3 March 2006; published 28 April 2006

Using data collected with the CLEO detector operating at the CESR e+e- collider at sqrt(s)=3.97–4.26 GeV, we investigate 15 charmonium decay modes of the psi(4040), psi(4160), and Y(4260) resonances. We confirm, at 11sigma significance, the BABAR Y(4260)-->pi+pi-J/psi discovery, make the first observation of Y(4260)-->pi0pi0J/psi (5.1sigma), and find the first evidence for Y(4260)-->K+K-J/psi (3.7sigma). We measure e+e- cross sections at sqrt(s)=4.26 GeV as sigma(pi+pi-J/psi)=58<sub>-10</sub><sup>+12</sup>±4 pb, sigma(pi0pi0J/psi)=23<sub>-8</sub><sup>+12</sup>±1 pb, and sigma(K+K-J/psi)=9<sub>-5</sub><sup>+9</sup>±1 pb, in which the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. Upper limits are placed on other decay rates from all three resonances.

©2006 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.162003
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.162003
PACS: 14.40.Gx; 13.25.Gv
  • 14.40.Gx
    Mesons with S=C=B=0, mass > 2.5 GeV (including quarkonia)
  • 13.25.Gv
    Hadronic decays of J/psi, Upsilon, and other quarkonia
  • YEAR: 2006
KEYWORDS: electron-positron inclusive interactions, psi mesons, meson hadronic decay

REFERENCES (27)

For access to fully linked references, you need to log in. For access to fully linked references, you need to Log in.

CITING ARTICLES

For access to citing articles, you need to log in.
For access to citing articles, you need to Log in.



A new free weekly publication from APS

Physics - A new free weekly publication from APS
Please visit physics.aps.org
 
Article Tools