Study of the reaction e^{+}e^{-}->psi(2S)pi^{-}pi^{-} via initial state radiation at BaBar


Abstract in English

We study the process $e^+e^-topsi(2S)pi^{+}pi^{-}$ with initial-state-radiation events produced at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy collider. The data were recorded with the BaBar detector at center-of-mass energies at and near the $Upsilon(mathrm{nS})$ (n = 2, 3, 4) resonances and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 520$fb^{-}$. We investigate the $psi(2S)pi^{+}pi^{-}$ mass distribution from 3.95 to 5.95 $GeV/c^{2}$, and measure the center-of-mass energy dependence of the associated $e^+e^-to psi(2S)pi^{+}pi^{-}$ cross section. The mass distribution exhibits evidence of two resonant structures. A fit to the $psi(2S)pi^{+}pi^{-}$ mass distribution corresponding to the decay mode $psi(2S)to J/psi pi^{+}pi^{-}$ yields a mass value of $4340 pm16$ (stat) $pm 9$ (syst) ${mathrm {MeV/c^{2}}}and a width of $94 pm 32$ (stat) $pm 13$ (syst) MeV for the first resonance, and for the second a mass value of $4669 pm 21$ (stat) $pm 3$ (syst) ${mathrm {MeV/c^{2}}}$ and a width of $104 pm 48$ (stat) $pm 10$ (syst) MeV. In addition, we show the $pi^{+}pi^{-}$ mass distributions for these resonant regions.

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