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Observation of new resonant structures in $\gamma \gamma \to \omega \phi$, $\phi \phi$ and $\omega \omega$

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2012-06-11 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The processes γγωϕ\gamma \gamma \to \omega \phi, ϕϕ\phi \phi, and ωω\omega \omega are measured using an 870 fb1^{-1} data sample collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+ee^+e^- collider. Production of vector meson pairs is clearly observed and their cross sections are measured for masses that range from threshold to 4.0 GeV. In addition to signals from well established spin zero and spin two charmonium states, there are clear resonant structures below charmonium threshold, which have not been previously observed. We report a spin-parity analysis for the new structures and determine the products of the \etac\etac, χc0\chi_{c0}, and χc2\chi_{c2} two-photon decay widths and branching fractions.

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@article{arxiv.1202.5632,
  title  = {Observation of new resonant structures in $\gamma \gamma \to \omega \phi$, $\phi \phi$ and $\omega \omega$},
  author = {Z. Q. Liu and C. P. Shen and C. Z. Yuan and T. Iijima and Belle Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.5632},
  year   = {2012}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, version to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett