arxiv: 1204.0246 · v3 · submitted 2012-04-01 · ✦ hep-ex · hep-ph
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Evidence for the Direct Two-Photon Transition from psi(3686) to J/psi
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The two-photon transition $\psi(3686)\to\gamma\gamma J/\psi$ is studied in a sample of 106 million $\psi(3686)$ decays collected by the BESIII detector. The branching fraction is measured to be $(3.1\pm0.6(\unit{stat})^{+0.8}_{-1.0}(\unit{syst})) \times10^{-4}$ using $J/\psi\to e^+e^-$ and $J/\psi\to\mu^+\mu^-$ decays, and its upper limit is estimated to be $4.5\times10^{-4}$ at the 90% conference level. This work represents the first measurement of a two-photon transition among charmonium states. The orientation of the $\psi(3686)$ decay plane and the $J/\psi$ polarization in this decay are also studied. In addition, the product branching fractions of sequential $E1$ transitions $\psi(3686)\to\gamma\chi_{cJ}, \chi_{cJ}\to\gamma J/\psi (J=0,1,2)$ are reported.
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