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Do psi(4040), psi(4160) signal Hybrid Charmonium?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We suggest that ψ\psi (4040) and ψ\psi (4160) are strong mixtures of ground state hybrid charmonium at 4.1\sim 4.1 GeV and the ψ(3S)\psi (3S) of conventional charmonium. The Γe+e\Gamma^{e^+e^-}, masses and total widths of the ψ(4040)\psi(4040) and ψ(4160)\psi(4160) are in accord with this hypothesis. Their hadronic decays are predicted to be dominated by the ψ(3S)\psi (3S) component and hence are correlated. In particular we find a spin counting relation Γ(4160DsDs)4Γ(4040DsDs)\Gamma (4160 \rightarrow D_sD_s^*) \sim 4 \Gamma (4040 \rightarrow D_sD_s) due to their common ψ(3S)\psi(3S) component. For DD and DD^* production, using ψ(4040)\psi(4040) branching ratios as input, we predict that the decay pattern of the ψ(4160)\psi(4160) will be very different from that of the ψ(4040)\psi(4040). These predictions may be tested in historical data from SPEAR, BES or at future Tau-Charm Factories.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9507407,
  title  = {Do psi(4040), psi(4160) signal Hybrid Charmonium?},
  author = {Frank E. Close and Philip R. Page},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9507407},
  year   = {2009}
}

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