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$\gamma, J/\psi$ production through ISR process in electron-positron annihilation at B-factories

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-08-06 v1

Abstract

We study the Initial state radiation (ISR) process, ee+γγ+J/ψe^- e^+ \rightarrow^*\gamma\rightarrow \gamma +J/\psi observed at high luminosity ee+e^- e^+ colliders such as B-factories, with the ISR photon being emitted through the initial electron or positron, prior to their annihilation. The emitted J/ΨJ/\Psi is produced through the photon fragmentation process, with the produced J/ψJ/\psi in turn decaying into a pair of leptons, μ+μ+\mu^-+\mu^+ through the leptonic decay process, J/Ψγγμμ+J/\Psi\rightarrow \gamma^*\rightarrow \gamma \mu^- \mu^+. The cross section for the J/ΨJ/\Psi production, and the branching ratio for the leptonic decay of J/Ψμμ+J/\Psi\rightarrow \mu^- \mu^+, both calculated in the framework of Bethe-Salpeter equation are used to work out the cross section for the complete process, ee+γ+J/ψγ+μ+μ+e^- e^+ \rightarrow \gamma +J/\psi\rightarrow \gamma+\mu^- +\mu^+. Our results are compared with the BaBar data, and other models. This study is then extended to production and decays of Υ(1S)\Upsilon(1S) through the ISR process.

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@article{arxiv.2508.03212,
  title  = {$\gamma, J/\psi$ production through ISR process in electron-positron annihilation at B-factories},
  author = {Shashank Bhatnagar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.03212},
  year   = {2025}
}

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18 pages, 3 figures, 4 tables