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On the Particle Data Group evaluation of Psi' and chi_c Branching Ratios

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2009-11-07 v3

Abstract

I propose a new evaluation of ψ(2S)\psi'(2S) and χc(1P)\chi_c(1P) branching ratios which avoids the correlations affecting the current Particle Data Group evaluation. These correlations explain the apparent technique-dependent discrepancies between the available determinations of the B(χc(1P)ppˉ){\cal B}(\chi_c(1P)\to p\bar p) and Γ(χc(1P)γγ)\Gamma(\chi_c(1P)\to \gamma\gamma) under the hypotesis that the current values of the ψ(2S)χc(1P)γ\psi'(2S)\to\chi_c(1P)\gamma branching ratios are overestimated. In the process I also noticed that Particle Data Group has not restated many of the older measurements, when necessary, for the new value of B(J/ψl+l){\cal B}(J/\psi\to l^+l^-), which significantly affects the evaluation of some relevant ψ(2S)\psi'(2S) and χc(1P)\chi_c(1P) exclusive branching ratios.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0104003,
  title  = {On the Particle Data Group evaluation of Psi' and chi_c Branching Ratios},
  author = {Claudia Patrignani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0104003},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

13 pages. Revised version. Submitted to Phys. Rev. D