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Observation of \chi_{cJ} decaying into the p\bar{p}K^{+}K^{-} final state

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2013-05-24 v1

Abstract

First measurements of the decays of the three χcJ\chi_{cJ} states to ppˉK+Kp\bar{p}K^{+}K^{-} final states are presented. Intermediate ϕK+K\phi\to K^{+}K^{-} and Λ(1520)pK\Lambda(1520)\to pK^{-} resonance states are observed, and branching fractions for χcJpˉK+Λ(1520)\chi_{cJ}\to \bar{p}K^{+}\Lambda(1520), Λ(1520)Λˉ(1520)\Lambda(1520) \bar{\Lambda}(1520), and ϕppˉ\phi p\bar{p} are reported. We also measure branching fractions for direct χcJppˉK+K\chi_{cJ}\to p\bar{p} K^{+}K^{-} decays. These are first observations of χcJ\chi_{cJ} decays to unstable baryon resonances and provide useful information about the χcJ\chi_{cJ} states. The experiment uses samples of χcJ\chi_{cJ} mesons produced via radiative transitions from 106 million ψ\psi^{\prime} mesons collected in the BESIII detector at the BEPCII e+ee^+e^- collider.

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@article{arxiv.1103.2661,
  title  = {Observation of \chi_{cJ} decaying into the p\bar{p}K^{+}K^{-} final state},
  author = {BESIII Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.2661},
  year   = {2013}
}

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16 pages, 5 figures