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It was recently proposed that the $X(3872)$ binding energy, the difference between the $D^0bar D^{*0}$ threshold and the $X(3872)$ mass, can be precisely determined by measuring the $gamma X(3872)$ line shape from a short-distance $D^{*0}bar D^{*0}$ source produced at high-energy experiments. Here, we investigate the feasibility of such a proposal by estimating the cross sections for the $e^+e^-topi^0gamma X(3872)$ and $pbar ptogamma X(3872)$ processes considering the $D^{*0}bar D^{*0}D^0/bar D^{*0}D^{*0}bar D^0$ triangle loops. These loops can produce a triangle singularity slightly above the $D^{*0}bar D^{*0}$ threshold. It is found that the peak structures originating from the $D^{*0}bar D^{*0}$ threshold cusp and the triangle singularity are not altered much by the energy dependence introduced by the $e^+e^-topi^0D^{*0}bar D^{*0}$ and $pbar ptobar D^{*0}D^{*0}$ production parts or by considering a finite width for the $X(3872)$. We find that $sigma(e^+e^-topi^0gamma X(3872)) times {rm Br}(X(3872)topi^+pi^-J/psi)$ is $mathcal{O}(0.1~{rm fb})$ with the $gamma X(3872)$ invariant mass integrated from 4.01 to 4.02 GeV and the c.m. energy of the $e^+e^-$ pair fixed at 4.23 GeV. The cross section $sigma(pbar ptogamma X(3872))times {rm Br}(X(3872)topi^+pi^-J/psi)$ is estimated to be of $mathcal{O}(10~{rm pb})$. Our results suggest that a precise measurement of the $X(3872)$ binding energy can be done at PANDA.
If the $X(3872)$ is a weakly bound charm-meson molecule, it can be produced in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation by the creation of $D^{*0} bar D^{*0}$ from a virtual photon followed by the rescattering of the P-wave charm-meson pair into the $X$ and a photon. A triangle singularity produces a narrow peak in the cross section for $e^+ e^- to X gamma$ 2.2 MeV above the $D^{*0} bar{D}^{*0}$ threshold. We predict the normalized cross section in the region of the peak. We show that the absorptive contribution to the cross section for $e^+ e^- to D^{*0} bar D^{*0} to X gamma$, which was calculated previously by Dubynskiy and Voloshin, does not give a good approximation to the peak from the triangle singularity.
Using data samples collected with the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII storage ring at center-of-mass energies from 4.178 to 4.600 GeV, we study the process $e^+e^-rightarrowpi^{0}X(3872)gamma$ and search for $Z_c(4020)^{0}rightarrow X(3872)gamma$. We find no significant signal and set upper limits on $sigma(e^+e^-rightarrowpi^{0}X(3872)gamma)cdotmathcal{B}(X(3872)rightarrowpi^{+}pi^{-}J/psi)$ and $sigma(e^+e^-rightarrowpi^{0}Z_c(4020)^{0})cdotmathcal{B}(Z_c(4020)^{0}rightarrow X(3872)gamma)cdotmathcal{B}(X(3872)rightarrowpi^{+}pi^{-}J/psi)$ for each energy point at $90%$ confidence level, which is of the order of several tenths pb.
With data samples collected with the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII storage ring at center-of-mass energies from 4.009 to 4.420 GeV, the process $e^{+} e^{-} to gamma X(3872)$ is observed for the first time with a statistical significance of $6.3sigma$. The measured mass of the $X(3872)$ is ($3871.9pm 0.7_{rm stat.}pm 0.2_{rm sys.}$) MeV/$c^2$, in agreement with previous measurements. Measurements of the product of the cross section $sigma[e^{+} e^{-} to gamma X(3872)]$ and the branching fraction $mathcal{B}[X(3872) to pi^{+} pi^{-} J/psi]$ at center-of-mass energies 4.009, 4.229, 4.260, and 4.360 GeV are reported. Our measurements are consistent with expectations for the radiative transition process $Y(4260) to gamma X(3872)$.
We report the first observation of $B^0 to X(3872) (K^{+}pi^{-})$ and evidence for $B^+ to X(3872) (K^{0}pi^{+})$. We measure the product of branching fractions for the former to be ${cal B}(B^0 to X(3872) (K^+ pi^-)) times {cal B}(X(3872) to J/psi pi^+ pi^-) = (7.9 pm 1.3(mbox{stat.})pm 0.4(mbox{syst.})) times 10^{-6}$ and find that $B^{0}to X(3872) K^{*}(892)^{0}$ does not dominate the $B^{0}to X(3872)K^{+}pi^{-}$ decay mode. We also measure ${cal B}(B^+ to X(3872) (K^0 pi^+)) times {cal B}(X(3872) to J/psi pi^+ pi^-) = (10.6 pm 3.0(mbox{stat.}) pm 0.9(mbox{syst.})) times 10^{-6}$. This study is based on the full data sample of 711~fb$^{-1}$ ($772times 10^6 Bbar B$ pairs) collected at the $Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB collider.
If the $X(3872)$ is a weakly bound charm-meson molecule, it can be produced in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation by the creation of $D^{*0} bar D^{*0}$ from a virtual photon followed by the rescattering of the charm-meson pair into $X$ and a photon. A triangle singularity produces a narrow peak in the cross section for $e^+ e^- to X gamma$ about 2.2 MeV above the $D^{*0} bar{D}^{*0}$ threshold. We predict the normalized cross section in the region near the peak. The peak from the triangle singularity may be observable by the BESIII detector.