Related papers: R-values in Low Energy e^+e^- Annihilation
The values of $R = \sigma(e^+e^-\to{hadrons})/ \sigma(e^+e^-\to\mu^+\mu^-)$ for 85 center-of-mass energies between 2 and 5 GeV are reported. Preliminary results using partial wave analysis for $J/\psi$ decays to $\gamma \pi^+ \pi^-$,…
Recent results on $\psip$ decays, including 10 Vector + Pseudoscalar (VP) modes and $p\bar{p}\pi^0(\eta)$, are reported with $14\times10^6$ $\psip$ events collected with the BESII detector. Cross sections and form factors for $e^+e^- \to…
The International Linear Collider and other proposed high energy e+ e- machines aim to measure with unprecedented precision Standard Model quantities and new, not yet discovered phenomena. One of the main requirements for achieving this…
We present a measurement of the dressed cross sections for $e^+ e^- \rightarrow \phi \eta^{\prime}$ at different center-of-mass energies between 3.508 and 4.600 GeV based on 15.1 fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+ e^-$ annihilation data collected with the…
Belle and BaBar experiments at the KEKB and PEP-II B-factories provide also an excellent environment for spectroscopy studies. In this report we present recent results in the field of charmonium spectroscopy, focusing on new charmonium-like…
Masses of the lowest multiplets of c,b-mesons in S- and P-wave states with quantum numbers JPC: 0-+, 1--, 0++, 1+-, 1++, 2++ are obtained with the help of dispersion N/D method of heavy quark effective theory. The results are in a good…
We will present the most recent results on leptonic B decays $B^{\pm(0)} \to K^{* \pm (0)} \nu \bar{\nu}$ and $B^{\pm} \to \mu^{\pm} \nu$, based on the data collected by the BaBar detector at PEP-II, an asymmetric $e^+ e^-$ collider at the…
Using $e^{+}e^{-}$ collision data samples with center-of-mass energies ranging from 2.000 to 2.644 GeV, collected by the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, and with a total integrated luminosity of 300 pb^{-1}, a partial-wave analysis…
QCD corrections to the electron positron annihilation cross-section into hadrons and to the hadronic $Z$ boson decay rate are reviewed. Formal developments are introduced in a form particularly suited for practical applications. These…
Using chi_cJ -> 2(\pi^+\pi^-) ppbar decays from 14 \times 10^6 psi(2S) events accumulated by the BESII detector at the BEPC, the intermediate states Xi^+Xi^-, Lambda Lambdabar pi^+ pi^-, and K_SK_S p pbar are studied, and their branching…
We report measurements of hadronic final states produced in $e^+e^-$ annihilations from the BaBar and Belle experiments. In particular, we present cross sections measured in several different processes, including two-photon physics,…
Using 5.46 pb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ annihilation data collected at the $\psi(2S)$ with the CLEO detector we have observed a variety of new hadronic decay modes of the $\psi(2S)$. A comprehensive set of branching ratios and upper limits is…
Radiative decays of the $\phi$ meson have been studied using a data sample of about 20 million $\phi$ decays collected by the CMD-2 detector at VEPP-2M collider in Novosibirsk. From selected $e^+e^-\to\pi^{+}\pi^{-}\gamma$ events the…
The existing experimental data on total cross sections for hadron production in e+e- annihilation in the resonance region sqrt(s) = 3.8 - 4.8 GeV, usually presented in terms of the parameter R, are critically examined. It is shown that the…
The process $e^+e^- \to \pi^+\pi^-\pi^0\eta$ is studied in the center-of-mass energy region below 2 GeV with the SND detector at the VEPP-2000 $e^+e^-$ collider. The four intermediate states contribute to this process: $\omega\eta$,…
We report on measurements of the decays of $\overline{B}$ mesons into the semileptonic final states $\overline{B} \to D^{(*)} \pi^+\pi^- \ell^-\overline{\nu}$, where $D^{(*)}$ represents a $D$ or $D^*$ meson and $\ell^-$ is an electron or a…
In the BESIII detector at Beijing electron positron collider, billions of events from $e^+e^-$ collisions were recorded. These events passing through the trigger system were saved in raw data format files. They play an important role in the…
We study $\eta_{\rm c}$ production at center-of-mass energies $\sqrt{s}$ from 4.18 to 4.60 GeV in $e^+e^-$ annihilation data collected with the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII storage ring, corresponding to 7.3 fb$^{-1}$ of…
We present a study of the decays B^{+-} --> D K^{+-} with D mesons reconstructed in the K+pi-pi0 or K-pi+pi0 final states, where D indicates a D0 or a anti-D0 meson. Using a sample of 474 million BBbar pairs collected with the BaBar…
The BaBar Collaboration has an intensive program studying the cross sections of hadron production in low-energy e+e- annihilation, accessible via initial-state radiation. Our measurements allow a significant improvement in the precision of…