Evidence for the ηc(2S) → π+π-η decay

作者：Ablikim, M.; Achasov, M. N.; Adlarson, P.; Albrecht, M.; Aliberti, R.; Amoroso, A.; An, M. R.; An, Q.; Bai, Y.; Bakina, O.; Ferroli, R. Baldini; Balossino, I.; Ban, Y.; Batozskaya, V.; Becker, D.; Begzsuren, K.; Berger, N.; Bertani, M.; Bettoni, D.; Bianchi, F.; Bianco, E.; Bloms, J.; Bortone, A.; Boyko, I.; Briere, R. A.; Brueggemann, A.; Cai, H.; Cai, X.; Calcaterra, A.; Cao, G. F.; Cao, N.; Cetin, S. A.; Chang, J. F.; Chang, W. L.; Che, G. R.; Chelkov, G.; Chen, C.; Chen, Chao; Chen, G.

来源：Physical Review D, 2023, 107(5): 052007.

DOI：10.1103/PhysRevD.107.052007

The decay eta(c)(2S) -> pi(+)pi(-)eta is searched for through the radiative transition psi(3686) -> gamma eta(c)(2S) using 448 million psi(3686) events accumulated at the BESIII detector. The first evidence of eta(c)(2S) -> pi(+)pi(-)eta is found with a statistical significance of 3.5 sigma. The product of the branching fractions of psi(3686) -> gamma eta(c)(2S) and eta(c)(2S) -> pi(+)pi(-)eta is measured to be Br(psi(3686) -> gamma eta(c)(2S)) x Br(eta(c)(2S) -> pi(+)pi(-)eta) = (2.97 +/- 0.81 +/- 0.26) x 10(-6), where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second one is systematic. The branching fraction of the decay eta(c)(2S) -> pi(+)pi(-)eta is determined to be Br(eta