Search for the Invisible Decay of J/ in (2S)⁺^-J/

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(BES Collaboration)

¹Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
²China Center for Advanced Science Technology (CCAST), Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
³Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China
⁴Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, People's Republic of China
⁵Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453002, People's Republic of China
⁶Huazhong Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
⁷Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People's Republic of China
⁸Jinan University, Jinan 250022, People's Republic of China
⁹Liaoning University Shenyang 110036, People's Republic of China
¹⁰Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, People's Republic of China
¹¹Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
¹²Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
¹³Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China
¹⁴Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China
¹⁵Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
¹⁶University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
¹⁷University of Science Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
¹⁸Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China
¹⁹Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, People's Republic of China
²⁰Institut fur Experimentalphysik I, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany

Received 29 September 2007; published 14 May 2008

Using psi (2S) --> ⁺^-J/ psi events in a sample of 14.0×10⁶ psi (2S) decays collectedwith the BES-II detector, a search for the decay ofthe J/ psi to invisible final states is performed. No signalis found, and an upper limit at the 90% confidencelevel is determined to be 1.2×10^-2 for the ratio (([script B](J/psi --> invisible))/([script B](J/psi --> mu[sup +] mu[sup -]))) .This is the first search for J/ psi decays to invisiblefinal states.

URL:	http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.192001
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.192001
PACS:	13.25.Gv 13.25.Gv Hadronic decays of J/ψ, Υ, and other quarkonia YEAR: 2008