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Belle J/psi+eta_c anomaly and a very light scalar boson

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-09-01 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The large rate of the J/ψ+ηcJ/\psi+\eta_c production observed by the Belle collaboration has posed a serious challenge to our understanding of the quarkonium. We examine a scenario that there exists a light scalar boson around 5 GeV, with an enhanced coupling solely to the charm quark. Such a scenario would explain the Belle anomaly. It also predicts a significant increase in J/ψJ/\psi plus open charm pair production. An immediate test for the scalar boson is to look for a peak around 5 GeV in the recoil mass spectrum of J/ψJ/\psi, because the scalar boson can also be produced in association with the J/ψJ/\psi. Finally, we also point out that the process e+eHγe^+ e^- \to H \gamma is sizable for observation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0311003,
  title  = {Belle J/psi+eta_c anomaly and a very light scalar boson},
  author = {Kingman Cheung and Wai-Yee Keung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0311003},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 5 figures