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Using 2.93 fb−1 of e+e− annihilation data collected at a center-of-mass energy √s=3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII collider, we search for the semileptonic D0(+) decays ...

We present a measurement of the strong-phase difference between D-0 and (D) over bar (0) -> (KS,LK+K-)-K-0 decays, performed through a study of quantum-entangled pairs of charm mesons. The measu ...

Using a sample of 106 million psi(3686) decays, psi(3686) -> gamma chi(cJ) (J = 0, 1, 2) and psi(3686) -> gamma chi(cJ), chi(cJ) -> gamma J/psi (J = 1, 2) events are utilized to study incl ...

The cross sections of the process e(+)e(-) -> eta J/psi lip at center-of-mass energies (root s) between 3.81 and 4.60 GeV are measured with high precision by using data samples collected with th ...

Crucial inputs for a variety of CP-violation studies can be determined through the analysis of pairs of quantum-entangled neutral D mesons, which are produced in the decay of the psi(3770) resonanc ...

Using a 2.93 fb(-1) data sample of electron-positron collisions taken with the BESIII detector at a center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV, which corresponds to (8296 +/- 31 +/- 64) x 10(3) D+ D- pairs ...

Using E1 radiative transitions psi(3686) -> gamma chi(cJ) from a sample of (448.1 +/- 2.9) x 10(6) psi(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector, the decays chi(cJ) -> Sigma(+)(p) over ...

Using a sample of 448.1 x 10(6) psi(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector, we perform a study of the decay psi(3686) -> phi pi(+)pi(-)eta. The branching fraction of psi(3686) -> phi ...

By analyzing 2.93 fb(-1) of e(+)e(-) annihilation data taken at the center-of-mass energy root s = 3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector, we determine the branching fractions of the inclusive decays D ...

Using e(+)e(-) -> Lambda(+)(c)(Lambda) over bar (-)(c). production from a 567 pb(-1) data sample collected by BESIII at 4.6 GeV, a full angular analysis is carried out simultaneously on the four ...

Using a data sample of 1.31 x 10(9) J/psi events collected with the BESIII detector, a search for eta' -> gamma gamma eta via J/psi ->gamma eta' is performed for the first time. No significan ...

Utilizing the dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.93 fb(-1) at root s = 3.773 GeV collected by the BESIII detector, we report the first amplitude analysis and branching fraction ...

Using a low-background sample of 2.6 x 10(5) J/psi -> omega eta(omega -> pi(+) pi(-) pi(0), eta -> gamma gamma) events, about 5 times larger statistics than previous experiments, we present a Dalitz plot analysis of the decay omega -> pi(+) pi(-) pi(0). It is found that the Dalitz plot distribution differs from the pure P-wave phase space with a statistical significance of 18.9 sigma. The parameters from the fit to data are in reasonable agreement with those without the cross-channel effect within the dispersive framework, which indicates that the cross-channel effect in omega -> pi(+) pi(-) pi(0) is not significant.

Based on a data sample of (448.1 +/- 2.9) x 10(6)Psi(3686) decays collected with the BESIII experiment, a search for the flavor changing neutral current transition Psi(3686) -> Lambda(+)(c) pe(+) e(-) + c.c. is performed for the first time. No signal candidates are observed and the upper limit on the branching fraction of Psi(3686) -> Lambda(+)(c) pe(+) e(-) is determined to be 1.7 x 10(-6) at the 90% confidence level. The result is consistent with expectations from the standard model, and no evidence for new physics is found.

Using a sample of 448.1 x 10(6) Psi(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector in 2009 and 2012, we study the decays chi(c0,2) -> eta 'eta ' and eta eta '. The decays chi(c2) -> eta 'eta ', chi(c0) -> eta eta ' and chi(c2) -> eta eta ' are observed for the first time with statistical significances of 9.6 sigma, 13.4 sigma and 7.5 sigma, respectively. The branching fractions are determined to be B(chi(c0) -> eta 'eta ') = (2.19 +/- 0.03 +/- 0.14) x 10(-3), B(chi(c2) -> eta 'eta ') = (4.76 +/- 0.56 +/- 0.38) x 10(-5), B(chi(c0) -> eta eta ') = (8.92 +/- 0.84 +/- 0.65) x 10(-5) and B(chi(c2) -> eta eta ') = (2.27 +/- 0.43 +/- 0.25) x 10(-5), where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. The precision for the measurement of B(chi(c0) -> eta 'eta ') thorn is significantly improved compared to previous measurements. Based on the measured branching fractions, the role played by the doubly and singly Okubo-Zweig-Iizuka disconnected transition amplitudes for chi(c0,2) decays into pseudoscalar meson pairs can be clarified.

Using a sample of 1.31 x 10(9) J/Psi events collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, we study the decays of J/Psi -> KSKL and KSKS. The branching fraction of J/Psi -> KSKL is determined to be B(J/Psi -> KSKL) = (1.93 +/- 0.01 (stat) +/- 0.05 (syst)) x 10(-4), which significantly improves on previous measurements. No clear signal is observed for the J/Psi -> KSKS process, and the upper limit at the 95% confidence level for its branching fraction is determined to be B(J/Psi -> KSKS) < 1.4 x 10(-8), which improves on the previous searches by 2 orders in magnitude and reaches the order of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen expectation.

Taking advantage of both the high mass resolution of the COSY-11 detector and the high energy resolution of the low-emittance proton beam of the cooler synchrotron COSY, we determine the excitation function for the pp→ppη′ reaction close to threshold. Combining these data with previous results, we extract the scattering length for the η′-proton potential in free space to be Re(apη′)=0±0.43 fm and Im(apη′)=0.37+0.40−0.16 fm.

Measurements on the eta meson production in proton-deuteron collisions have been performed using the COSY-11 facility at COSY (Julich). Here we present preliminary results on total and differential cross sections for the pd -> He-3 eta reaction at five excess energies between Q = 5.1 and Q = 40.6 MeV. The obtained angular distributions for the emitted eta mesons in the center of mass system expose a transition from an almost isotropic emission to a highly anisotropic distribution. The extracted total cross sections support a strong eta-He-3 final state interaction and will be compared with model predictions.

Recent results obtained by the COSY-11 collaboration concerning the production of eta and eta' mesons in the pp --> pp Meson reaction are presented. A comparison of the production amplitude for the pi(0), eta and eta' mesons at the same phase space volume allows to conclude that the proton-eta' interaction is in the order of, or smaller than, the proton-pi(0) one. A total cross section determined in a preliminary analysis of the data of elementary kaon and antikaon production via the pp-->ppK(+)K(-) reaction measured at excess energy of Q = 17 MeV is reported., Talk given at the International Workshop MESON'2000, Cracow, Poland, 19-23 May 2000, 8pp. To be published in Acta Phys. Pol. B

The low emittance and small momentum spread of the proton and deuteron beams of the Cooler Synchrotron COSY combined with the high mass resolution of the COSY-11 detection system permit to study the creation of mesons in the nucleon-nucleon interaction down to the fraction of MeV with respect to the kinematical threshold. At such small excess energies, the ejectiles possess low relative momenta and are predominantly produced with the relative angular momentum equal to zero. Taking advantage of these conditions we have performed investigations aiming to determine the mechanism of the production of eta and eta' mesons in the collision of hadrons as well as the hadronic interaction of these mesons with nucleons and nuclei. In this proceedings we address the ongoing studies of the spin and isospin dependence for the production of the eta and eta' mesons in free and quasi-free nucleon-nucleon collisions.New results on the spin observables for the pp -> pp eta reaction, combined with the previously determined total cross section isospin dependence, reveal a statistically significant indication that the excitation of the nucleon to the S-11( 1535) resonance, the process which intermediates the production of the. meson in the nucleon-nuleon interactions, is predominantly due to the exchange of the p meson between the colliding nucleons.

We present results of investigations aiming to determine the hadronic interaction of eta and eta-prime mesons with nucleons. Inferences are based on comparisons of both the differential cross sections and the close-to-threshold excitation functions for the p p --> p p eta and p p --> p p eta-prime reactions with predictions based on the assumption that the kinematically available phase space is homogeneously populated. We discuss the phenomenology of the initial and final state interaction, relevance of the hadronic and quark-gluon degrees of freedom for the reaction dynamics, and explain in detail the experimental techniques used for the measurement of the meson production in free and quasi-free collisions of nucleons.

The proton-proton and proton-eta' invariant mass distributions have been determined for the pp -> pp eta' reaction at an excess energy of Q = 16.4 MeV. The measurement was carried Out using the COSY-11 detector setup and the proton beam of the cooler synchrotron COSY. The shapes of the determined invariant mass distributions are similar to those of the pp -> pp eta reaction and reveal an enhancement for large relative proton-proton momenta. This result, together with the fact that the proton-eta interaction is Much stronger that the proton-eta' interaction, excludes the hypothesis that the observed enhancement is caused by the interaction between the proton and the meson. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Due to their short life-time, flavour-neutral mesons cannot be utilized as free secondary beams or targets, and therefore a study of their interaction with nucleons is not possible via direct scattering experiments. This interaction is, however, accessible via its influence on the energy dependence - and on the phase space distributions of the cross sections for reactions in which these mesons are produced. In case of the p p --> p p eta reaction the experimentally determined distributions of the differential cross sections close to the production threshold cannot be described by taking into account the S-wave proton-proton and proton-eta interaction only. Here we show that the angular distributions determined at the COSY-11 facility reveal some evidence for P-wave admixture in the proton-proton subsystem already at an excess energy as low as Q = 15.5 MeV. We also present that one can estimate the relative strength of the eta-nucleon and eta-prime-nucleon interactions by comparison of the eta and eta-prime production yield., 4 pages, 3 figures, Talk given at 16th International Conference on Particles and Nuclei (PANIC 02), Osaka, Japan, 30 Sep - 4 Oct 2002

International audience; For the very first time, the correlation femtoscopy method is applied to a kinematically complete measurement of meson production in the collisions of hadrons. A two-proton correlation function was derived from the data for the pp → ppX reaction, measured near the threshold of η meson production. A technique developed for the purpose of this analysis permitted to establish the correlation function separately for the production of the pp + η and of the pp + pions systems. The shape of the two-proton correlation function for the ppη differs from that for the pp(pions) and both do not show a peak structure opposite to results determined for inclusive measurements of heavy ion collisions.