Physics program of open charm and heavy cc states at the BES-Ⅲ experiment

We present the physics program of the open charm and heavy cc states above the DD production energy threshold, which will be studied with the BES-Ⅲ detector at the BEPC- Ⅱ collider in the coming years. Based on some full Monte Carlo simulations with the BES-Ⅲ detector, we predict the accuracy levels on measuring some physical quantities related to D^0, D^＋ and Ds^＋ decays as well as some non-charmed decays of the heavy cc states.     

Rare semileptonic decays of heavy mesons in the heavy quark limit

We study the branching ratios of D+→D0e+ν,DS+→D0e+ν,BS0→B+e-ν,DS+→D+e-e+ and BS0→B0e-e+ rare semileptonic decay processes,which are induced by decays of light quarks,the heavy quarks remain unchanged.The branching ratios of these decay processes are estimated in the heavy quark limit and with SU(3) flavor symmetry.We find that the decay rates are very tiny in the framework of the Standard Model.We also estimate the sensitivities of the measurements of these rare decays at the future experiments,such as BES-Ⅲ,super-B and LHC-b.Observations of these decays may shed some light on new physics beyond the standard model.     

Experimental Sensitivities on Searching for Rare and Forbidden Decays of Charm Mesons at BES-Ⅲ

We discuss the Monte Carlo studies of searching for the rare and forbidden pure-leptonic and semi-leptonic decays of D^＋,0 and Ds^＋ mesons, based on a full Monte Carlo simulation for the BES-Ⅲ detector, with the BES-Ⅲ Ofttine Software System. The experimental sensitivities of searching for 36 rare and forbidden charm meson decays are estimated.     

Rare semileptonic decays of heavy mesons in the heavy quark limit

We study the branching ratios of D^＋ → D^0e^＋ν, Ds^＋ → D^0e^＋ν, Bs^0→B^＋e^-^-ν, Ds^＋→D^＋e^-e^＋ and Bs^0→B^0e^-e^＋ rare semileptonic decay processes, which are induced by decays of light quarks, the heavy quarks remain unchanged. The branching ratios of these decay processes are estimated in the heavy quark limit and with SU（3） flavor symmetry. We find that the decay rates are very tiny in the framework of the Standard Model. We also estimate the sensitivities of the measurements of these rare decays at the future experiments, such as BES-Ⅲ, super-B and LHC-b. Observations of these decays may shed some light on new physics beyond the standard model.     

D0-D-0 mixing and CP violation at BES-Ⅲ

Recently, both BaBar and Belle experiments found evidences of neutral D mixing. In this paper, we discuss the sensitivities of the measurements of D mixing parameters at BES-Ⅲ. With CP tag technique at ψ(3770) peak, the extraction of the strong phase difference in D0→Kπ decay at BES-Ⅲ are discussed. We also make an estimate on the measurements of the mixing rate RM by using the coherent data at ψ(3770) peak. The CP violation in D system is predicted with an unobserved level in the Standard Model. Any significant CP violation in the D system indicates the existence of new physics. The sensitivity of the measurements of CP violation in the D system is estimated in the coherent D decays. Finally, the search for the rare D decays are discussed, in which some of the forbidden decays are smoking gun of new physics.     

D~0 -~0 mixing and CP violation at BES-Ⅲ

Recently,both BaBar and Belle experiments found evidences of neutral D mixing.In this paper, we discuss the sensitivities of the measurements of D mixing parameters at BES-Ⅲ.With CP tag technique atψ(3770)peak,the extraction of the strong phase difference in D~0→Kπdecay at BES-Ⅲare discussed.We also make an estimate on the measurements of the mixing rate R_M by using the coherent data atψ(3770)peak. The CP violation in D system is predicted with an unobserved level in the Standard Model.Any significant CP violation in the D system indicates the existence of new physics.The sensitivity of the measurements of CP violation in the D system is estimated in the coherent D decays.Finally,the search for the rare D decays are discussed,in which some of the forbidden decays are smoking gun of new physics.     

Exotic decays of the 125 GeV Higgs boson at future e~+e~- colliders

The discovery of unexpected properties of the Higgs boson would offer an intriguing opportunity to shed light on some of the most profound puzzles in particle physics. Beyond Standard Model(BSM) decays of the Higgs boson could reveal new physics in a direct manner. Future electron-positron lepton colliders operating as Higgs factories, including CEPC, FCC-ee and ILC, with the advantages of a clean collider environment and large statistics,could greatly enhance sensitivity in searching for these BSM decays. In this work, we perform a general study of Higgs exotic decays at future e~+e~-lepton colliders, focusing on the Higgs decays with hadronic final states and/or missing energy, which are very challenging for the High-Luminosity program of the Large Hadron Collider(HL-LHC).We show that with simple selection cuts,O(10~(-3)-10~(-5)) limits on the Higgs exotic decay branching fractions can be achieved using the leptonic decaying spectator Z boson in the associated production mode e~+e~-→ZH. We further discuss the interplay between detector performance and Higgs exotic decays, and other possibilities of exotic decays.Our work is a first step in a comprehensive study of Higgs exotic decays at future lepton colliders, which is a key area of Higgs physics that deserves further investigation.     

Study of η and η' physics at BES-Ⅲ

Decays of both η and η' provide very useful information in our understanding of low-energy QCD, and experimental signatures for these decays would be extremely helpful at BES-Ⅲ. The rare decays of the η and η' mesons could serve as a low-energy test of the Standard Model and its beyond. The sensitivities of the measurements of η and η' decays are discussed at BES-Ⅲ, in which the η and η' mesons are produced in the ψ decays.     

η_b decay into charmonium in association with c pair

We calculate the inclusive decay rates of ηb into charmonium via double c pairs for S-and P-wave states ηc,J/ψ and χcJ within the framework of non-relativistic QCD(NRQCD) factorization at leading order in αs.Besides calculating the contributions of the color-singlet channels ηb→c[2S+1SL(1)]+c,the effects of c pair in the color-octet configurations are also considered.We find that ηb→c[3S1(8)]+c make a small contribution to Br(ηb→J/ψ(ηc)+c).While in the ηb→χcJ+c case,the color octet contributions are significant,for they are of the same αs4vc5 order as the color-singlet processes.We predict Br(ηb→J/ψ(ηc)+c)=2.99(2.75)×10-5 for S-wave states J/ψ and ηc,and Br(ηb→χcJ+c)=(4.37,3.40,2.83)×10-5(for J =0,1,2) for P-wave states χcJ.In the end,we also find Br(ηb→ cc) is almost saturated by ηb decay into charmonium in association with c pair from the point of view of duality.     

Study of charmonium(-like) states via ISR at Belle

The cross sections for e+e-→π+π-J/ψ, π+π-ψ(2S), K+K-J/ψ, DD, D0D-π++c.c., D*D+c.c., and D*D-* are measured using data sample collected on or near the T(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at KEKB. A peak near 4.25 GeV/c2, corresponding to the so called Y(4260), is observed in π+π-J/ψ final state. In addition, there is another cluster of events at around 4.05 GeV/c2. Two resonant structures are observed in the π+π-J/ψ(2S) invariant mass distribution, one at 4361±9±9 MeV/c2 with a width of 74±15±10 MeV/c2, and another at 4664±11±5 MeV/c2 with a width of 48±15±3 MeV/c2. The rich structures observed in all these final states indicate that our understanding of the vector charmonium states above the open charm threshold is still poor, let alone the other possible dynamics such as charmonium hybrids or final state re-scattering and so on.     

Production of a heavy quarkonium with a photon or via ISR at Z peak in e~+e~- collider

Considering the possibility to build an e + e-collider at the energies around Z-boson resonance with a luminosity so high as L ∝ 10 34 cm-2 s-1 (even higher) and the abilities of a modern synthesis detector,we systematically calculate the exclusive two body processes of the heavy quarkonium production: e + eannihilates into a heavy quarkonium and a photon,involving the initial state radiation (i.e.ISR) cases,at the energies around the Z-boson resonance.Since the couplings of Z-boson to quarks contain an axial vector term as well as a vector one,a charmonium such as J/ψ or η c or h c or χ cJ ···,or a bottomonium such as Υ or η b or h b or χ bJ ···,associating with a photon,may be produced respectively via Z-boson annihilation.If we call such a collider with so high luminosity and running around the Z-boson resonance as a Z-factory,then our results obtained here indicate that experimental studies of the various heavy quarkona (their ground and excited states) via the two-body processes at a Z-factory have outstanding advantages,especially,the production of the possible states with quantum numbers J PC = 1-via ISR.     

Recent results on hadron spectroscopy from BES

The BES-Ⅲ Detector is a very versatile multipurpose device located at the Institute of High Energy Physics(IHEP) in Beijing,China.Concerning the physics program it ties stringently up to the past BES and BES-Ⅱ experiments.Since start of the data taking in the middle of 2008 the accumulated dataset of 200·106 J/ψ events and 100·106 ψ events already exceeds the world data on these resonances.In addition to studies of the charmonium systems the data offers great opportunity for investigations in the light hadron sector.In detail it will be reported about the confirmation of the enhancement in p invariant mass in radiative J/ψ decays,the search for decays Y(2175) → K0 K0,observation of a charged κ± in K±π0 and observation of a new excited baryon N(2065) decaying to pπ0 and charged conjugate.The first result is based on data taken by BES-Ⅱ and BES-Ⅲ,the latter three on data collected by BES-Ⅱ only.     

Investigation on effects of new physics in c→(s,d)?~+ν_? transitions

Anomalies in decays induced by b→cl~-v_l(l=e,μ,τ) transitions may imply lepton flavor universality violations,which raises questions on such phenomena in the D decays induced by c→(s,d)l~+v_l transitions.Current measurements of the pure leptonic and semi-leptonic D decays agree with the standard model(SM) predictions,and such agreements can be used to constrain the new physics(NP) contributions.In this work,we extend SM by assuming general effective Hamiltonians describing the c→(s,d)l~+v_l transitions including the full set of the four-fermion operators.With the latest experimental data,we perform a least χ~2 fit of the Wilson coefficient corresponding to each operator.The results indicate that the Wilson coefficients of tensor and scalar operators in the muon sector are in the order of O(10~(-2)) while others are in the order of O(10~(-3)).The lepton flavor universality could be violated by interactions with the scalar operators.We also determine that the pure leptonic decays are significantly sensitive to scalar operators.The effects of NP on the semi-leptonic decays with electron final state are negligible;however,for the decays with the muon final state,the effects of scalar and tensor operators will appear in the forward-backward asymmetries and the muon helicity asymmetries of D→P_μ+v_μ decays.The future measurements of these decays in the BE SⅢ and Belle Ⅱ experiments will facilitate the evaluation of NP effects.     

Mass spectrum and strong decays of strangeonium in a constituent quark model

In this work we calculate the mass spectrum of strangeonium up to the 3D multiplet within a nonrelativistic linear potential quark model.Furthermore,using the obtained wave functions,we also evaluate the strong decays of the strangeonium states with the ^3P_0 model.Based on our successful explanations of the well established states φ(1020) , φ(1680) , h_1(1415) , f'_2(1525) ,and φ_3(1850) ,we further discuss the possible assignments of strangeonium-like states from experiments by combining our theoretical results with observations.It is found that some resonances,such as f_2(2010) and f_2(2150) ,listed by the Particle Data Group,and X(2062) and X(2500) ,newly observed by BESIII,may be interpreted as strangeonium states.The possibility of φ(2170) as a candidate for φ(3S) or φ(2D) cannot be excluded.We expect our results to provide useful references for looking for the missing s\bar{s} states in future experiments.     

Strange quarkonium states at BESⅢ

We present physics opportunities and topics with the s states(strangeonia)that can be studied with the BES detector operating at the BEPC collider.Though the φ and η/ states have long been established experimentally,only a handful of strangeonia are well known,in contrast to the rich ccharmoium system.An overview of the s states and their experimental status is presented in this paper.The BES experiment has collected the world’s largest samples of J/ψ,ψ(2S),ψ(3770),and direct e+e-annihilations at energies below the J/ψand above 3.8 Ge V,and will continue to accumulate high quality,large integrated luminosity in theτ-charm energy region.These data,combined with the excellent performance of the BESⅢ detector,will offer unprecedented opportunities to explore the s system.In this paper we describe the experimental techniques to explore strangeonia with the BESⅢ detector.     

Study of W-Exchange Mode D0 → ФK0

We calculate the branching ratio of rare decay D^0→ФK using the perturbative QCD factorization approach based on kT factorization. Our result shows this branching ratio is （8.7 ± 1.4） x 10^-3, which is consistent with experimental data. We hope that the CLEO-C and BES-Ⅲ can measure it more accurately, which will help us to understand QCD dynamics and D meson weak decays.     

Search for exotic state 1－+ π1(1400) at BESⅢ

The J/ψ hadronic decays provide good laboratory to search for the hybrid states with exotic quantum numbers. A full Partial Wave Analysis (PWA) is performed to the generated Monte Carlo J/ψ→ρηπ data, based on the design of BESⅢ detector, to study the sensitivity of searching for a possible exotic state at BESⅢ.     

Search for exotic state 1~(- ) π_1(1400) at BESⅢ

The J/ψ hadronic decays provide good laboratory to search for the hybrid states with exotic quantum numbers. A full Partial Wave Analysis (PWA) is performed to the generated Monte Carlo J/ψ→ρηπ data, based on the design of BESⅢ detector, to study the sensitivity of searching for a possible exotic state at BESⅢ.     

Search for exotic state 1-+ π1(1400) at BESⅢ

The J/ψ hadronic decays provide good laboratory to search for the hybrid states with exotic quantum numbers. A full Partial Wave Analysis (PWA) is performed to the generated Monte Carlo J/ψ→ pηπ data, based on the design of BESⅢ detector, to study the sensitivity of searching for a possible exotic state at BESⅢ.     

Monte Carlo Study on Singly Tagged D Mesons at BES-III

We present Monte Carlo studies on the singly tagged D mesons, which are crucial in the absolute measurements of D meson decays, based on a full Monte Carlo simulation for the BES-III detector, with the BES-III Offline Software System. The expected detection efficiencies and mass resolutions of the tagged D mesons are well estimated.