Measurement of J/ψ leptonic width with the KEDR detector

We report a new precise determination of the leptonic widths of the J/psi meson performed with the KEDR detector at the VEPP-4M e^＋e^- collider. The measured values of the J/psi parameters are： Гee×Гee/P = 0.3323±0.0064 （stat.）±0.0048 （syst.） keV,Гee×Гμμ/Г = 0.3318±0.0052 （stat.） ±0.0063 （syst.） keY. Assuming eμ universality and using the table value of the branching ratios the leptonic Г11 = 5.59 ± 0.12 keV width and the total Г = 94.1±2.7 keV widths were obtained. We also discuss in detail a method to calculate radiative corrections at a narrow resonance.     

Precise measurement of the e~+e~- →π~+π~-(γ) crosssection with the initial state radiation method at BABAR

We present a precise BABAR measurement on the cross section of the process e+e-→π+π-(γ) from threshold to an energy of 3 GeV with the initial state radiation(ISR) technique,using 232 fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at e+e-center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV.The ISR luminosity is determined from a study of the leptonic process e+e-→μ+μ-γ(γ).The leading-order hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic anomaly calculated using the ππ cross section measured from threshold to 1.8 GeV is(514.1±2.2(stat)±3.1(syst))×10-10.     

Measurement of J/ψ→ηcγ at KEDR

We present a study of the inclusive photon spectra from 5.9 million J/ψ decays collected with the KEDR detector at the VEPP-4M e＋e collider. We measure the branching fraction of radiative decay J/ψ→ηcγ, ηc width and mass. Our preliminary results are： M（ηc） = 2979.4± 1.5 ± 1.9 MeV/c^2, Г（ηc） = 27.8±5.1 ±3.3 MeV, B（Jψ→ηcγ） = （2.34±0.15±0.40）%.     

Improved measurement of electron antineutrinodisappearance at Daya Bay

We report an improved measurement of the neutrino mixing angle θ₁₃ from the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. We exclude a zero value for sin² θ₁₃ with a significance of 7.7 standard deviations. Electron antineutrinos from six reactors of 2.9 GW_th were detected in six antineutrino detectors deployed in two near （flux-weighted baselines of 470 m and 576 m） and one far （1648 m） underground experimental halls. Using 139 days of data, 28909 （205308） electron antineutrino candidates were detected at the far hall （near halls）. The ratio of the observed to the expected number of antineutrinos assuming no oscillations at the far hall is 0.944±0.007（stat.）±0.003（syst.）. An analysis of the relative rates in six detectors finds sin² θ₁₃ =0.089±0.010（stat.）±0.005（syst.） in a three-neutrino framework.     

D~0~0 mixing and other recent charm results from BABAR

Studies in which BABAR data have shown evidence for mixing in the neutral charm meson system are presented.A new measurement of the lifetime difference parameter yCP =(1.16±0.22±0.18)% is described.Results are also presented from a systematic study of DK and DK invariant mass distributions from a 470 fb-1 sample of asymmetric e+e-interactions recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-Ⅱ storage rings.A new charmed-strange meson has been observed with mass [3044 ±8stat(+350)syst]MeV/c2 and width [239± 35stat(-42+46)syst]MeV/c2.     

Observation of a p mass threshold enhancement in ψ′→π+π-J/ψ(J/ψ→γp) decay

The decay channel ψ→π+π-J/ψ(J/ψ→γp) is studied using a sample of 1.06×108 ψ events collected by the BESIII experiment at BEPCII. A strong enhancement at threshold is observed in the p invariant mass spectrum. The enhancement can be fitted with an S-wave Breit-Wigner resonance function with a resulting peak mass of M =1861+6-13 (stat)+7-26 (syst) MeV/c2 and a narrow width that is Γ <38 MeV/c2 at the 90% confidence level. These results are consistent with published BESII results. These mass and width values...     

Precise measurement of the e^＋e^- →π^＋π^-（γ） cross section with the initial state radiation method at BABAR

We present a precise BABAR measurement on the cross section of the process e^＋e^- →π^＋π^-（γ） from threshold to an energy of 3 GeV with the initial state radiation （ISR） technique, using 232 fb^-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at e^＋e^- center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV. The ISR luminosity is determined from a study of the leptonic process e^＋e^- →μ^＋μ^-γ（γ）. The leading-order hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic anomaly calculated using the ππ cross section measured from threshold to 1.8 GeV is （514.1± 2.2（stat） ± 3.1（syst）） × 10^-10.     

D^0D^0 mixing and other recent charm results from BABAR

Studies in which BABAR data have shown evidence for mixing in the neutral charm meson system are presented. A new measurement of the lifetime difference parameter ycp = （1.16±0.22±0.18）% is described. Results are also presented from a systematic study of DK and D＊K invariant mass distributions from a 470 fb^-1 sample of asymmetric e^＋e^- interactions recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-Ⅱ storage rings. A new charmed-strange meson has been observed with mass [3044 ± 8stat （-5^＋30 ）syst] MeV/c^2 and width [239± 35stat （-42^＋46）syst]MeV/c^2.     

Measurement of the astrophysical S factor for the low energy ^2H（d,γ）^4He reaction

The γ-rays and protons from an Ed = 20 keV deuteron beam incident on a D-Ti target were measured. A branching ratio of the 2H（d,γ）^4He reaction versus the ^2H（d,p）^3H reaction of Гγ/Гp = （1.061 0.34） x 10.7 has been obtained, and the astrophysical S factor of the ^2H（d,γ）He reaction at the center of mass energy Ecm ≈ 7 keV of （6.0±2.4） ×10^6 keV.b was deduced.     

Hadronic Decays of the Spin-Singlet Heavy Quarkomium under the Principle of Maximum Conformality

The principle of maximum conformality （PMC） provides a way to eliminate the conventional renormalization scale ambiguity in a systematic way. By applying the PMC scale setting, all non-conformal terms in a perturbative series are summed into the running coupling, and one obtains a unique, scale-fixed prediction at any finite order. In this study, we make a detailed PMC analysis for the spin-singlet heavy quarkoniums decay （into light hadrons） at the next-to-leading order. After applying the PMC scale setting, the decay widths for all those cases are ahnost independent of the initial renormalization scales. The PMC scales for ηc and he decays are below 1 GeV; to achieve a confidential pQCD estimation, we adopt several low-energy running coupling models to carry out the estimation. By taking the MPT model, we obtain Г（ηc → LH） = 25.09 -4.28^＋5.52 MeV, F（ηb →LH） 14.34-0.84^＋0.92 feV, Г（hc →LH） = 0.54-0.04^＋0.06 MeV and Г（hb →LH） = 39.89-0.46^＋0.28 keV, where the errors are calculated by taking mc E[1.4OGeV, 1.60GeV] and mb C[4.50GeV, 4.70GeV]. These decay widths agree with the principle of minimum sensitivity estimations, in which the decay widths of ηc,b are also consistent with the measured ones.     

Observation of a p^-p mass threshold enhancement in ψ′→ π 〉＋π^-J/ψ（J/ψ 〉 γp^-p） decay

The decay channel ψ′→ π 〉＋π^-J/ψ（J/ψ 〉 γp^-p） is studied using a sample of 1.06 × 10^8 ψ′ events collected by the BESIII experiment at BEPCII. A strong enhancement at threshold is observed in the p^-p invariant mass spectrum. The enhancement can be fitted with an S-wave Breit-Wigner resonance function with a resulting peak mass of M = 1861-13^＋6 （stat）-26^＋7 （syst） MeV/c^2 and a narrow width that is Г 〈 38 MeV/c^2 at the 90% confidence level. These results are consistent with published BESII results. These mass and width values do not match with well established mesons.     

Feasibility study for the measurement of Bc meson mass and lifetime with the general purpose detector at the LHC

In this paper a feasibility study of the B_c meson to measure its mass and lifetime is described with the general purpose detector at the LHC. The study solely concentrated on the J/ψπ⁺, J/ψ→μ⁺μ^－ decay channel of the B_c and it was concluded that about 120 events can be selected in the first fb^－1 of data. With this data sample, the mass resolution was estimated to be 2.0(stat.)MeV/c² while the cτ resolution was found to be 13.1(stat.)μm, i.e. the lifetime resolution to be 0.044(stat.)ps.     

Exotic vector charmonium and its leptonic decay width

We propose a novel type of interpolating field operator,which manifests the hybrid-like configuration that the charm quark-antiquark pair recoils against gluonic degrees of freedom.A heavy vector charmonium-like state with a mass of 4.33(2) GeV is disentangled from the conventional charmonium states in the quenched approximation.This state has affinity for the hybrid-like operators but couples less to the relevant quark bilinear operator.We also try to extract its leptonic decay constant and give a tentative upper limit that it is less than one tenth of that of J/ψ,which corresponds to a leptonic decay width about dozens of eV.The connection of this state with X(4260) is also discussed.     

The Φp bound state in the unitary coupled-channel approximation

The strong attractive interaction of the Φ meson and the proton has recently been reported by the ALICE Collaboration.The corresponding scattering length f₀ is given as Re(f₀)=0.85±0.34(stat)±0.14(syst) and Im(f₀)=0.16±0.10(stat)± 0.09(syst) fm.The fact that the real part is significant in contrast to the imaginary part indicates a dominant role of elastic scattering,whereas the inelastic process is less important.In this work,such scattering processes are inspec...     

Tunnelling Effect of Two Horizons from a Gibbons--Maeda Black Hole

We study the thermal characters of the inner horizon of a Gibbons-Maeda black hole. In order to satisfy the Nernst theorem of the third law, the entropy of the black hole with two horizons must depend not only on the area of the outer horizon but also on the area of the inner horizon. Then the temperature of the inner horizon is calculated. Lastly, the tunnelling effect including the inner horizon of a Gibbons-Maeda black hole is investigated. We also calculate the tunnelling rate of the outer horizon Г＋ and the inner horizon Г_. The total tunnelling rate Г should be the product of the rates of the outer and inner horizon, Г =Г＋ · Г_. It is found that the total tunnelling rate is in agreement with the Parikh＇s standard result, Г→ exp（ ASBH ）, and there is no information loss.     

Evidence for e~+e~-→γχ_(c1,2) at center-of-mass energies from 4.009 to 4.360 GeV

Using data samples collected at center-of-mass energies of √s=4.009, 4.230, 4.260, and 4.360 Ge V with the BES detector operating at the BEPC collider, we perform a search for the process e+e-→γχc J(J =0, 1, 2)and find evidence for e+e-→γχc1 and e+e-→γχc2 with statistical significances of 3.0σ and 3.4σ, respectively. The Born cross sections σB(e+e-→γχc J), as well as their upper limits at the 90% confidence level(C.L.) are determined at each center-of-mass energy.     

Measurement of the pion form factor for M_(ππ)～2 between 0.1 and 0.85 GeV~2 with the KLOE detector

The KLOE experiment at the φ-factory DAΦNE has measured the pion form factor in the range between 0.1M_(ππ)～2 0.85 GeV2 using events taken at s～(1/2)=1 GeV with a photon emitted at large polar angles in the initial state.This measurement extends the M_(ππ)～2 region covered by KLOE ISR measurements of the pion form factor down to the two pion production threshold.The value obtained in this measurement of the dipion contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment of aμππ =(478.5±2.0stat±4.8syst±2.9theo)·10-10 further confirms the discrepancy between the Standard Model evaluation for aμ and the experimental value measured by the(g-2) collaboration at BNL.     

Spatial and temporal variations of the fine-structure constant in the Finslerian universe

Recent observations show that the electromagnetic fine-structure constant, αe, may vary with space and time. In the framework of Finsler spacetime, we propose here an anisotropic cosmological model, in which both spatial and temporal variations of αe are allowed. Our model naturally leads to the dipole structure of αe, and predicts that the dipole amplitude increases with time. We fit our model to the most up-to-date measurements of αe from the quasar absorption lines. It is found that the dipole direction points towards(l, b) =(330.2°±7.3°,-13.0°±5.6°)in galactic coordinates, and the anisotropic parameter is b_0 =(0.47±0.09)×10~(-5), which corresponds to a dipole amplitude(7.2±1.4)×10~(-8) at redshift z = 0.015. This is consistent with the upper limit of the variation of αe measured in the Milky Way. We also fit our model to Union2.1 type Ia supernovae, and find that the preferred direction of Union2.1 is consistent with the dipole direction of αe.     

Hadronic coupling constants of the lowest hidden-charm pentaquark state,using QCD sum rules with rigorous quark-hadron duality

In this article,we illustrate how to calculate the hadronic coupling constants of the pentaquark states with QCD sum rules based on rigorous quark-hadron quality.We then study the hadronic coupling constants of the lowest diquark-diquark-antiquark type hidden-charm pentaquark state with spin-parity J~P=1/2~-in detail,and calculate the partial decay widths.The total width Г(P_c)=14.32±3.31 MeV is compatible with the experimental value T_(P_c(4312))=9.8±2.7_(-4.5)~(+3.7) MeV from the LHCb collaboration and favors assigning the P_c(4312) to be the [ud][uc]c pentaquark state with J~P=1/2~-.The hadronic coupling constants have the relation ■,and favor the hadronic dressing mechanism.The P_c(4312) may have a diquark-diquark-antiquark type pentaquark core with the typical size of the qqq-type baryon states.The strong couplings to the meson-baryon pairs DE_c lead to some pentaquark molecule components,and the P_c(4312) may spend a rather large time as the DE_c molecular state.