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Using data samples collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, we measure the Born cross section of $e^{+}e^{-}rightarrow pbar{p}$ at 12 center-of-mass energies from 2232.4 to 3671.0 MeV. The corresponding effective electromagnetic form factor of the proton is deduced under the assumption that the electric and magnetic form factors are equal $(|G_{E}|= |G_{M}|)$. In addition, the ratio of electric to magnetic form factors, $|G_{E}/G_{M}|$, and $|G_{M}|$ are extracted by fitting the polar angle distribution of the proton for the data samples with larger statistics, namely at $sqrt{s}=$ 2232.4 and 2400.0 MeV and a combined sample at $sqrt{s}$ = 3050.0, 3060.0 and 3080.0 MeV, respectively. The measured cross sections are in agreement with recent results from BaBar, improving the overall uncertainty by about 30%. The $|G_{E}/G_{M}|$ ratios are close to unity and consistent with BaBar results in the same $q^{2}$ region, which indicates the data are consistent with the assumption that $|G_{E}|=|G_{M}|$ within uncertainties.
The process of $e^+e^- rightarrow pbar{p}$ is studied at 22 center-of-mass energy points ($sqrt{s}$) from 2.00 to 3.08 GeV, exploiting 688.5~pb$^{-1}$ of data collected with the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII collider. The Born cross section~($sigma_{pbar{p}}$) of $e^+e^- rightarrow pbar{p}$ is measured with the energy-scan technique and it is found to be consistent with previously published data, but with much improved accuracy. In addition, the electromagnetic form-factor ratio ($|G_{E}/G_{M}|$) and the value of the effective ($|G_{rm{eff}}|$), electric ($|G_E|$) and magnetic ($|G_M|$) form factors are measured by studying the helicity angle of the proton at 16 center-of-mass energy points. $|G_{E}/G_{M}|$ and $|G_M|$ are determined with high accuracy, providing uncertainties comparable to data in the space-like region, and $|G_E|$ is measured for the first time. We reach unprecedented accuracy, and precision results in the time-like region provide information to improve our understanding of the proton inner structure and to test theoretical models which depend on non-perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics.
Using 2917 $rm{pb}^{-1}$ of data accumulated at 3.773~$rm{GeV}$, 44.5~$rm{pb}^{-1}$ of data accumulated at 3.65~$rm{GeV}$ and data accumulated during a $psi(3770)$ line-shape scan with the BESIII detector, the reaction $e^+e^-rightarrow pbar{p}$ is studied considering a possible interference between resonant and continuum amplitudes. The cross section of $e^+e^-rightarrowpsi(3770)rightarrow pbar{p}$, $sigma(e^+e^-rightarrowpsi(3770)rightarrow pbar{p})$, is found to have two solutions, determined to be ($0.059pm0.032pm0.012$) pb with the phase angle $phi = (255.8pm37.9pm4.8)^circ$ ($<$0.11 pb at the 90% confidence level), or $sigma(e^+e^-rightarrowpsi(3770)rightarrow pbar{p}) = (2.57pm0.12pm0.12$) pb with $phi = (266.9pm6.1pm0.9)^circ$ both of which agree with a destructive interference. Using the obtained cross section of $psi(3770)rightarrow pbar{p}$, the cross section of $pbar{p}rightarrow psi(3770)$, which is useful information for the future PANDA experiment, is estimated to be either ($9.8pm5.7$) nb ($<17.2$ nb at 90% C.L.) or $(425.6pm42.9)$ nb.
We have performed numerical simulations of the unpolarized e+e- --> p pbar process in kinematic conditions under discussion for a possible upgrade of the existing DAFNE facility. By fitting the cross section angular distribution with a typical Born expression, we can extract information on the ratio |G_E/G_M| of the proton electromagnetic form factors in the timelike region within a 5-10% uncertainty. We have explored also non-Born contributions to the cross section by introducing a further component in the angular fit, which is related to two-photon exchange diagrams. We show that these corrections can be identified if larger than 5% of the Born contribution, and if relative phases of the complex form factors do not produce severe cancellations.
Based on $14.7~textrm{fb}^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ annihilation data collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider at 17 different center-of-mass energies between $3.7730~textrm{GeV}$ and $4.5995~textrm{GeV}$, Born cross sections of the two processes $e^+e^- to pbar{p}eta$ and $e^+e^- to pbar{p}omega$ are measured for the first time. No indication of resonant production through a vector state $V$ is observed, and upper limits on the Born cross sections of $e^+e^- to V to pbar{p}eta$ and $e^+e^- to V to pbar{p}omega$ at the $90%$ confidence level are calculated for a large parameter space in resonance masses and widths. For the current world average parameters of the $psi(4230)$ of $m=4.2187~textrm{GeV}/c^{2}$ and $Gamma=44~textrm{MeV}$, we find upper limits on resonant production of the $pbar{p}eta$ and $pbar{p}omega$ final states of $7.5~textrm{pb}$ and $10.4~textrm{pb}$ at the $90%$ CL, respectively.
A measurement of the vector to pseudoscalar conversion decay $phi to pi^0 e^+e^-$ with the KLOE experiment is presented. A sample of $sim 9500$ signal events was selected from a data set of 1.7 fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ collisions at $sqrt{s} sim m_{phi}$ collected at the DA$Phi$NE $e^+e^-$ collider. These events were used to obtain the first measurement of the transition form factor $| F_{phi pi^0}(q^2) |$ and a new measurement of the branching ratio of the decay: $rm{BR},(phi to pi^0 e^+e^-) = (,1.35 pm 0.05^{,,+0.05}_{,,-0.10},) times 10 ^{-5}$. The result improves significantly on previous measurements and is in agreement with theoretical predictions.