Using 586 $textrm{pb}^{-1}$ of $e^{+}e^{-}$ collision data acquired at $sqrt{s}=4.170$ GeV with the CLEO-c detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we report the first observation of $D_{s}^{*+} to D_{s}^{+} e^{+} e^{-}$ with a significance of $5.3 sigma$. The ratio of branching fractions $calB(D_{s}^{*+} to D_{s}^{+} e^{+} e^{-}) / calB(D_{s}^{*+} to D_{s}^{+} gamma)$ is measured to be $[ 0.72^{+0.15}_{-0.13} (textrm{stat}) pm 0.10 (textrm{syst})]%$, which is consistent with theoretical expectations.
Using a $3.19~mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ data sample collected at the $sqrt{s}~=~4.178$ GeV with the BESIII detector, we search for the rare decay $D_{s}^{+} rightarrow p bar{p} e^{+} u_{e} $. No significant signal is observed, and an upper limit of $mathcal{B}(D_{s}^{+} rightarrow p bar{p} e^{+} u_{e}) < 2.0 times 10^{-4}$ is set at the 90% confidence level. This measurement is useful input in understanding the baryonic transition of $D_{s}^{+}$ mesons.
We study $D_{s}^{+}$ decays to final states involving the $eta$ with a 482$,$pb$^{-1}$ data sample collected at $sqrt{s}$ = 4.009$,$GeV with the mbox{BESIII} detector at the BEPCII collider. We measure the branching fractions $mathcal{B}(D^+_{s}rightarrow etaX)$ = (8.8$pm$1.8$pm$0.5)$%$ and $mathcal{B}(D_{s}^{+}rightarrow etarho^{+})$ = ($5.8pm1.4pm0.4$)$%$ where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. In addition, we estimate an upper limit on the non-resonant branching ratio $mathcal{B}(D_{s}^{+}rightarrow etapi^+pi^0)<5.1%$ at the 90$%$ confidence level. Our results are consistent with CLEOs recent measurements and help to resolve the disagreement between the theoretical prediction and CLEOs previous measurement of $mathcal{B}(D_{s}^{+}rightarrow etarho^{+})$.
By analyzing 482 pb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ collision data collected at $sqrt s=4.009$ GeV with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, we measure the absolute branching fractions for the semileptonic decays $D_{s}^{+}toeta e^{+} u_{e}$ and $D_{s}^{+}to etae^{+} u_{e}$ to be ${B}(D_{s}^{+}rightarroweta e^{+} u_{e})=(2.30pm0.31pm0.08)$% and ${B}(D_{s}^{+}rightarrowetae^{+} u_{e}) = (0.93pm0.30pm0.05)$%, respectively, and their ratio $frac{{B}(D_{s}^{+}rightarrowetae^{+} u_{e})} {{B}(D_{s}^{+}rightarroweta e^{+} u_{e})}=0.40pm0.14pm0.02$, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second ones are systematic. The results are in good agreement with previous measurements within uncertainties; they can be used to determine the $eta-eta$ mixing angle and improve upon the $D_s^+$ semileptonic branching ratio precision.
We report the first observation of the Dalitz decay $eta to gamma e^+e^-$, based on a data sample of 1.31 billion $J/psi$ events collected with the BESIII detector. The $eta$ mesons are produced via the $J/psi to gamma eta$ decay process. The ratio $Gamma(eta to gamma e^+ e^-)/Gamma(etatogammagamma)$ is measured to be $(2.13pm0.09(text{stat.})pm0.07(text{sys.}))times10^{-2}$. This corresponds to a branching fraction ${cal B}(eta to gamma e^+e^-)= (4.69 pm0.20(text{stat.})pm0.23(text{sys.}))times10^{-4}$. The transition form factor is extracted and different expressions are compared to the measured dependence on the $e^+e^-$ invariant mass. The results are consistent with the prediction of the Vector Meson Dominance model.
The branching fraction of the decay $B_{s}^{0} rightarrow D_{s}^{(*)+}D_{s}^{(*)-}$ is measured using $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $1.0fb^{-1}$, collected using the LHCb detector at a centre-of-mass energy of $7$TeV. It is found to be begin{align*} {mathcal{B}}(B_{s}^{0}rightarrow~D_{s}^{(*)+}D_{s}^{(*)-}) = (3.05 pm 0.10 pm 0.20 pm 0.34)%, end{align*} where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and due to the normalisation channel, respectively. The branching fractions of the individual decays corresponding to the presence of one or two $D^{*pm}_{s}$ are also measured. The individual branching fractions are found to be begin{align*} {mathcal{B}}(B_{s}^{0}rightarrow~D_{s}^{*pm}D_{s}^{mp}) = (1.35 pm 0.06 pm 0.09 pm 0.15)%, ewline{mathcal{B}}(B_{s}^{0}rightarrow~D_{s}^{*+}D_{s}^{*-}) = (1.27 pm 0.08 pm 0.10 pm 0.14)%. end{align*} All three results are the most precise determinations to date.