Using a data sample of (1310.6±7.0)×106 J/ψ decay events collected with the BESIII detector at BEPCII, we study the electromagnetic Dalitz decay J/ψ→η′e+e- with two dominant η′ decay modes, η′→γπ+π- and η′→π+π-η. The branching fraction is determined to be B(J/ψ→η′e+e-)=(6.59±0.07±0.17)×10-5, which improves in precision by a factor of 2 over the previous BESIII measurement. A search for the dark photon (γ′) is performed via J/ψ→η′γ′, γ′→e+e-. Excluding the ω and φ mass regions, no significant signal is observed in the mass range from 0.1 to 2.1 GeV/c2. We set upper limits at the 90% confidence level on B(J/ψ→η′γ′)×B(γ′→e+e-), B(J/ψ→η′γ′) and the mixing strength as a function of dark photon mass. This is among the first searches for dark photons in charmonium decays.

Measurement of B (J /ψ →η′e+e-) and search for a dark photon

Farinelli, R.;Garzia, I.;
2019

Abstract

Using a data sample of (1310.6±7.0)×106 J/ψ decay events collected with the BESIII detector at BEPCII, we study the electromagnetic Dalitz decay J/ψ→η′e+e- with two dominant η′ decay modes, η′→γπ+π- and η′→π+π-η. The branching fraction is determined to be B(J/ψ→η′e+e-)=(6.59±0.07±0.17)×10-5, which improves in precision by a factor of 2 over the previous BESIII measurement. A search for the dark photon (γ′) is performed via J/ψ→η′γ′, γ′→e+e-. Excluding the ω and φ mass regions, no significant signal is observed in the mass range from 0.1 to 2.1 GeV/c2. We set upper limits at the 90% confidence level on B(J/ψ→η′γ′)×B(γ′→e+e-), B(J/ψ→η′γ′) and the mixing strength as a function of dark photon mass. This is among the first searches for dark photons in charmonium decays.
2019
Ablikim, M.; Achasov, M. N.; Ahmed, S.; Albrecht, M.; Alekseev, M.; Amoroso, A.; An, F. F.; An, Q.; Bai, J. Z.; Bai, Y.; Bakina, O.; Baldini Ferroli, ...espandi
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