Event generators for η/η' rare decays into π+π-l+l- and e+e-μ+μ-

Study of the rare and forbidden decays of η/η' offers a sensitive probe to test fundamental symmetries of quantum chromodynamics and search for new physics beyond the Standard Model. To study the rare decays of η/η' to π⁺π^-e⁺e^-, π⁺π^-μ⁺μ^- and e⁺e^-μ⁺μ^- at the BESⅢ detector, we developed several event generators based on the vector meson dominant model with finite-width corrections and the pseudoscalar mesons mixing theory. The various distributions from event generators are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions, which indicates that the event generators work very well after implemention in the BESⅢ Monte Carlo simulation package. In the BESⅢ physics analysis, the performance of the event generators will be improved in accordance with the distributions of different variables of η/η' from data and the improvement on the theoretical calculations.     

Event generators for η/η’ rare decays into π~+π~-1~+1~- and e~+e~-μ~+μ~-

Study of the rare and forbidden decays of η/η offers a sensitive probe to test fundamental symmetries of quantum chromodynamics and search for new physics beyond the Standard Model. To study the rare decays of η/η to π + π - e + e - , π + π - μ + μ - and e + e - μ + μ - at the BES detector, we developed several event generators based on the vector meson dominant model with finite-width corrections and the pseudoscalar mesons mixing theory. The various distributions from event generators are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions, which indicates that the event generators work very well after implemention in the BES Monte Carlo simulation package. In the BES physics analysis, the performance of the event generators will be improved in accordance with the distributions of different variables of η/η from data and the improvement on the theoretical calculations.     

A data-driven approach to π~0,η and η′ single and double Dalitz decays

The dilepton invariant mass spectra and integrated branching ratios of the single and double Dalitz decays P→l~+l~-γ and P→l~+l~-l~+l~-(P=π~0,η,η';l=e or μ) are predicted by means of a data-driven approach based on the use of rational approximants applied to π~0,η and η' transition form factor experimental data in the space-like region.     

Study of Charged Pion Photoproduction on Deuteron with Tagged Photons

The reactions γd→π~- pp and γd→npπ~+π~- have been studied in an energy range from 0.8 to 1.1 GeV at the tagged photon facility of Laboratory of Nuclear Science,T ohoku University.Charged pions and protons in the final state were measured by using the Neutral Kaon Spectrometer (NKS2).The analysis of the γd→π~- pp was mainly used to check the acceptance of the NKS2 and to calibrate the tagged photon energy.The photoproduction of the Δ~(++)Δ~- was identified in the γd→npπ~+π~- reaction.Since the data analyses are still in progress,we issue an interim report and preliminary results.     

Charmonium results from BES

Using ～14×106ψ(2S) and ～58×106J/ψ data collected at BESⅡ/BEPC,the branching fraction of ψ(2S) →Ω+Ωˉ+ is measured with about 5σ statistical significance.The Λ electric dipole and Λ decay parameter are studied using the decay J/ψ→ΛΛ→ ppˉπ+π-.Using(106±3)×106 ψ(2S) decays collected at BESⅢ/BEPCⅡ,we have obtained some interesting physics results.The branching fractions of χcJ →π0π0,ηη are measured with precision improved.The mass and width of hc(11P1) state,together with the branching fractions of Br(ψ(2S) →π0hc) and Br(hc →γηc) are the first measurements.Surprisingly,the decays of χc1 →φφ,ωω,and ωφ are firstly observed in BESⅢ data.     

Some topics on charmonium decays at BESⅢ experiment

The construction of BESⅢ detector has been finished and the data taking is under plan. Some physics topics on charmonium decays at BESⅢ experiment are discussed in this paper. The measurement of properties of η_c and η_c at BESⅢ is discussed and the expected precision of the measurement is estimated based on BOSS. Also the χ_cJ decay and the measurement of hyperon decay parameters are mentioned.     

Recent results on hadron spectroscopy from BES

The BES-Ⅲ Detector is a very versatile multipurpose device located at the Institute of High Energy Physics(IHEP) in Beijing,China.Concerning the physics program it ties stringently up to the past BES and BES-Ⅱ experiments.Since start of the data taking in the middle of 2008 the accumulated dataset of 200·106 J/ψ events and 100·106 ψ events already exceeds the world data on these resonances.In addition to studies of the charmonium systems the data offers great opportunity for investigations in the light hadron sector.In detail it will be reported about the confirmation of the enhancement in p invariant mass in radiative J/ψ decays,the search for decays Y(2175) → K0 K0,observation of a charged κ± in K±π0 and observation of a new excited baryon N(2065) decaying to pπ0 and charged conjugate.The first result is based on data taken by BES-Ⅱ and BES-Ⅲ,the latter three on data collected by BES-Ⅱ only.     

Trigger efficiencies at BESⅢ

Trigger efficiencies at BESⅢ were determined for both the J/ψ and ψ＇ data taking of 2009. Both dedicated runs and physics datasets are used; efficiencies are presented for Bhabha-scattering events, generic hadronic decay events involving charged tracks, dimuon events and ψ＇→π＋π-J/ψ, J/ψ→ 1＋1- events.The efficiencies are found to lie well above 99% for all relevant physics cases, thus fulfilling the BESⅢ design specifications.     

Study of η and η' physics at BES-Ⅲ

Decays of both η and η' provide very useful information in our understanding of low-energy QCD, and experimental signatures for these decays would be extremely helpful at BES-Ⅲ. The rare decays of the η and η' mesons could serve as a low-energy test of the Standard Model and its beyond. The sensitivities of the measurements of η and η' decays are discussed at BES-Ⅲ, in which the η and η' mesons are produced in the ψ decays.     

Charmonium results from BES

Using ～ 14 × 10^6 ψ（2S） and ～ 58 × 10^ J/ ψ data collected at BES Ⅱ/BEPC, the branching fraction of ψ（2S）→Ω-Ω^＋ is measured with about 5a statistical significance. The A electric dipole and ∧ decay parameter are studied using the decay J/ψ →∧∧→ ppπ^＋π^-. Using （106±3）× 10^6 ψ（2S） decays collected at BESⅢ/BEPC Ⅱ, we have obtained some interesting physics results. The branching fractions of XcJ→π^0π^0, ηη are measured with precision improved. The mass and width of he（l^1P1） state, together with the branching fractions of Br（ψ（2S） →π^0hc） and Br（hc →γηc） are the first measurements. Surprisingly, the decays of Xc1→φφ, ωω, and ωφ are firstly observed in BESⅢ data.     

Application of SNi PER framework to BESⅢ physics analysis

A fast physics analysis framework has been developed based on SNi PER to process the increasingly large data sample collected by BESⅢ.In this framework,a reconstructed event data model with Smart Ref is designed to improve the speed of Input/Output operations,and necessary physics analysis tools are migrated from BOSS to SNi PER.A real physics analysis e~+e~-→π~+π~-J/ψ is used to test the new framework,and achieves a factor of10.3 improvement in Input/Output speed compared to BOSS.Further tests show that the improvement is mainly attributed to the new reconstructed event data model and the lazy-loading functionality provided by Smart Ref.     

Studies of dE/dx measurements with the BESⅢ

The Beijing Spectrometer Ⅲ（BESⅢ）is a general-purpose detector used for the study of τ-charm physics at the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider Ⅱ（BEPC Ⅱ）.This paper presents our studies of the dE/dx measurement in the drift chamber of BESⅢ,which is important for the identification of charged particles.Corrections applied to the dE/dx measurement in data reconstruction are discussed.After our current dE/dx calibration,a resolution of about 6% has been obtained for minimum ionization particles,and a 3σ K/πseparation is obtained for momenta up to 760 MeV/c.These results meet the design goals of the BESⅢ drift chamber.     

Constraining the UT angle γ by CP violation parameters in B~0→π~+π~-

We calculate the tree and penguin amplitudes in the B~0→π~+π~-decay channel employing the perturbative QCD factorization approach. Using the amplitudes as input with the theoretical uncertainties sufficiently considered, we constrain the UT angle γ to 53°γ 70°, from the measurements of the CP violation parameters C_(π~+π~-) and S_(π~+π~-)in B~0→π~+π~-. The U-spin breaking effect between B~0→π~+π~-and B~0 s →K~+K~-is estimated to be around 30%.     

Recent results on hadron spectroscopy from BES

The BES-Ⅲ Detector is a very versatile multipurpose device located at the Institute of High Energy Physics （IHEP） in Beijing, China. Concerning the physics program it ties stringently up to the past BES and BES-Ⅱ experiments. Since start of the data taking in the middle of 2008 the accumulated dataset of 200.10^6 J/ψ events and 100.10^6 ψ＇ events already exceeds the world data on these resonances. In addition to studies of the charmonium systems the data offers great opportunity for investigations in the light hadron sector. In detail it will be reported about the confirmation of the enhancement in pp invariant mass in radiative J/ψ decays, the search for decays Y（2175） → K＊0K＊0, observation of a charged K^± in K^±π^0 and observation of a new excited baryon N＊（2065） decaying to pπ^0 and charged onjugate. The first result is based on data taken by BES-Ⅱ and BES-Ⅲ, the latter three on data collected by BES-Ⅱ only.     

Charmed baryon decay asymmetry in e~+e~- annihilation

We propose to measure the decay asymmetry parameters in the hadronic weak decays of singly charmed baryons, such as Λ_c~+ →Λπ~+, Σ~0π~+, pK_0, Ξ0c →Ξ-π+and ?0c →?-π+. The joint angular formulae for these processes are presented, and are used to extract the asymmetry parameters in e+e-annihilation data. Base on the currentΛ+c data set collected at BESIII, we estimate the experimental sensitivities to measure the parameters αΛπ+forΛ+c →Λπ+, αΣ+π0for Λ+c →Σ+π0and αΣ0π+for Λ+c →Σ0π+.     

Phenomenological studies on B~0 → [K~-π~+]_(S/V)[π~+π~-]_(V/S) → K~-π~+π~+π~- decay

Within the quasi-two-body decay model,we study the localized CP violation and branching fraction of the four-body decay B~0→[K~-π~+]_(s/V)[π~+π~-]_(V/)S→K-π~+π~-π~+ when the K~-π~+and π~-π~+ pair invariant masses are0.35 m(K~-π~+)2.04 GeV and 0 mπ~-π~+1.06 GeV,with the pairs being dominated by the K_0~*(700)~0,K~*(892)~0,K~*(1410)~0,K_0~*(1430) and K~*(1680)~0,and fo(500),ρ~0(770),ω(782) and fo(980) resonances,respectively.When dealing with the dynamical functions of these resonances,fo(500),ρ~0(770),fo(980) and K_0~*(1430) are modeled with the Bugg model,Gounaris-Sakurai function,Flatte formalism and LASS lineshape,respectively,while the others are described by the relativistic Breit-Wigner function.Adopting the end point divergence parameters ρA ∈[0,0.5] andΦ_A∈[0,2π],our predicted results are F_(CP)(B~0→K~-π~+π~+π~-)∈[-0.365,0.447] and B(B~0→K-π~+π~+π~-)∈[6.11,185.32] x 10~(-8),based on the hypothetical qq structures for the scalar mesons in the QCD factorization approach.Meanwhile,we calculate the CP violating asymmetries and branching fractions of the two-body decays B~0→SV(VS) and all the individual four-body decays B~0→SV(VS)→K~-π~+π~-π~+,respectively.Our theoretical results for the two-body decays B~0→K~*(892)~0 fo(980),B~0→K_0~*(1430)~0ω(782),B~0→K~*(892)~0 f~0(980),B~0→K_0~*(1430)~0ρ,and B~0→(1430)~0ω are consistent with the available experimental data,with the remaining predictions await testing in future high precision experiments.     

LHCb anomaly in B→K~*μ~+μ~- optimised observables and potential of Z' model

Over the last few years LHCb found some discrepancies in b → sl~+l~-FCNC transitions, including anomalies in the angular observables of B→K~*μ~+μ~-, particularly in P′_5, in the low dimuon mass region. Recently,these anomalies have been confirmed by Belle, CMS and ATLAS. As direct evidence of physics beyond the Standard Model is absent so far, these anomalies are being interpreted as indirect hints of new physics. In this context, we study the implications of the family non-universal Z′ model for the angular observables P_(1,2,3), P′_(4,5,6) and newly proposed lepton flavor universality violation observables, Q_(4,5), in the B → K~*(→Kπ)μ~+μ~-decay channel in the low dimuon mass region. To see the variation in the values of these observables from their Standard Model values, we have chosen different scenarios for the Z′ model. It is found that these angular observables are sensitive to the values of the parameters of the Z′ model. We have also found that with the present parametric space of the Z′ model,the P′_5-anomaly could be accommodated. However, more statistics on the anomalies in the angular observables are helpful to reveal the status of the considered model and, in general, the nature of new physics.     

Search for the doubly heavy baryons Ω_(bc)~0 and Ξ_(bc)~0 decaying to Λ_c~+π~- and Ξ_c~+π~-

The first search for the doubly heavy Ω_(bc)~0 baryon and a search for the Ξ_(bc)~0 baryon are performed using pp collision data collected via the LHCb experiment from 2016 to 2018 at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV,corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.2 fb~(-1).The baryons are reconstructed via their decays to ∧_c~+π~-andΞ_c~+π~-.No significant excess is found for invariant masses between 6700 and 7300 MeV/c2,in a rapidity range from2.0 to 4.5 and a transverse momentum range from 2 to 20 MeV/c.Upper limits are set on the ratio of the Ω_(bc)~0 andΞ_(bc)~0 production cross-section times the branching fraction to ∧_c~+π~-(Ξ_c~+π~-) relative to that of the ∧_b~0(Ξ_b~0) baryon,for different lifetime hypotheses,at 95% confidence level.The upper limits range from 0.5×10~(-4) to 2.5×10~(-4) for theΩ_(bc)~0→∧_c~+π~-(Ξ_(bc)~0→∧_c~+π~-) decay,and from 1.4×10~(-3) to 6.9×10~(-3) for the Ω_(bc)~0→Ξ_c~+π~-(Ξ_(bc)~0→Ξ_c~+π~-) decay,depending on the considered mass and lifetime of the Ω_(bc)~0(Ξ_(bc)~0) baryon.     

S-wave resonance contributions to B_((s))~0→η_c(2S)π~+π~- in the perturbative QCD factorization approach

By employing the perturbative QCD(PQCD) factorization approach, we study the quasi-two-body B_((s))~0→η_c(2S)π~+π~- decays, where the pion pair comes from the S-wave resonance f_0(X). The Breit-Wigner formula for the f_0(500) and f_0(1500) resonances and the Flatt′e model for the f_0(980) resonance are adopted to parameterize the time-like scalar form factors in the two-pion distribution amplitudes. As a comparison, Bugg's model is also used for the wide f_0(500) in this work. For decay rates, we found the following PQCD predictions:(a)-B(B_s~0 →ηc(2S)f_0(X)[π~+π~-]s)= 2.67_(-1.08)~(+1.78) ×10~(-5) when the contributions from f_0(980) and f_0(1500) are all taken into account;(b)B(B~0→η-c(2S)f_0(500)[π~+π~-]s) = 1.40_(-0.56)~(+0.92) ×10~(-6) in the Breit-Wigner model and 1.53_(-0.61)~(+0.97) ×10~(-6) in Bugg's model.