Search for the lepton flavor violating decay J/ψ → eμ Ferroli, R. Baldini; Bertani, M.; Bettoni, D. ...
Science China. Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy/Science China. Physics, mechanics & astronomy,
02/2023, Letnik:
66, Številka:
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We present a search for the lepton flavor violating decay
J
/
ψ
→
e
±
μ
∓
using 8.998 × 10
9
J
/
ψ
events collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII
e
+
e
−
storage ring. No excess of signal ...above background is observed; we therefore set an upper limit on the branching fraction of
ℬ
(
J
/
ψ
→
e
±
μ
∓
)
<
4.5
×
10
−
9
at the 90% confidence level. Improving the previous best result by a factor of more than 30, this measurement places the most stringent limit to date on lepton flavor violation in the heavy quarkonium sector.
A
bstract
Using (448
.
1
±
2
.
9)
×
10
6
ψ
(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, the decay
ψ
(3686)
→
$$ {\Sigma}^{-}{\overline{\Sigma}}^{+} $$
Σ
−
Σ
¯
+
is ...observed for the first time with a branching fraction of (2
.
82
±
0
.
04
stat
.
±
0
.
08
syst
.
)
×
10
−
4
, and the angular parameter
α
Σ
−
is measured to be 0
.
96
±
0
.
09
stat
.
±
0
.
03
syst
.
.
By analyzing 4.48 x 108 ψ(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector, we observe the decays $χ$cJ → $\mathrm{nK}^0_s\overline{Λ}$ + $c.c.$ (J = 0, 1, 2) for the first time, via the radiative ...transition ψ(3686) → $γχ_{cJ}$. The branching fractions are determined to be (6.65 ± 0.26stat ± 0.41syst) x 10-4, (1.66 ± 0.12stat ± 0.12syst) x 10-4, and (3.58 ± 0.16stat ± 0.23syst) x 10-4 for J = 0, 1, and 2, respectively.
Using 1310.6 x 10(6) J/psi and 448.1 x 10(6) psi(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector, the branching fractions of J/psi decays to Sigma(+)(Sigma) over bar (-) is measured to be (10.61 +/- ...0.04 +/- 0.36) x 10(-4), which is significantly more precise than the current world average. The branching fractions of psi(3686) decays to Sigma(+)(Sigma) over bar (-) is measured to be (2.52 +/- 0.04 +/- 0.09) x 10(-4), which is consistent with the previous measurements. In addition, the ratio of beta(psi(3686) -> Sigma(+)(Sigma) over bar (-)) / beta(J/psi -> Sigma(+)(Sigma) over bar (-)) is determined to be (23.8 +/- 1.1)% which violates the "12% rule".
We present a measurement of the combined νe + νe flux-averaged charged-current inclusive cross section on argon using data from the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber (lartpc) at ...Fermilab. Using the off-axis flux from the NuMI beam, MicroBooNE has reconstructed 214 candidate νe + νe interactions with an estimated exposure of 2.4 × 1020 protons on target. Given the estimated purity of 38.6%, this implies the observation of 80 νe + νe events in argon, the largest such sample to date. The analysis includes the first demonstration of a fully automated application of a dE/dx-based particle discrimination technique of electron- and photon-induced showers in a lartpc neutrino detector. The main background for this first ν e analysis is cosmic ray contamination. Significantly higher purity is expected in underground detectors, as well as with next-generation reconstruction algorithms. We measure the νe + νe flux-averaged charged-current total cross section to be 6.84 ± 1.51 ( stat ) ± 2.33 ( sys ) × 10−39 cm2 / nucleon, for neutrino energies above 250 MeV and an average neutrino flux energy of 905 MeV when this threshold is applied. The measurement is sensitive to neutrino events where the final state electron momentum is above 48 MeV / c , includes the entire angular phase space of the electron, and is in agreement with the theoretical predictions from genie and nuwro. This measurement is also the first demonstration of electron-neutrino reconstruction in a surface lartpc in the presence of cosmic-ray backgrounds, which will be a crucial task for surface experiments like those that comprise the short-baseline neutrino program at Fermilab.
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