Measurement of the γγ → π+π- and γγ → K+K- processes at energies of 2.4-4.1 GeV

  • H. Nakazawa
  • , S. Uehara
  • , K. Abe
  • , K. Abe
  • , H. Aihara
  • , M. Akatsu
  • , Y. Asano
  • , V. Aulchenko
  • , T. Aushev
  • , S. Bahinipati
  • , A. M. Bakich
  • , Y. Ban
  • , S. Banerjee
  • , I. Bedny
  • , U. Bitenc
  • , I. Bizjak
  • , S. Blyth
  • , A. Bondar
  • , A. Bozek
  • , M. Bračko
  • J. Brodzicka, A. Chen, B. G. Cheon, R. Chistov, Y. Choi, Y. K. Choi, A. Chuvikov, J. Dalseno, M. Danilov, M. Dash, A. Drutskoy, S. Eidelman, Y. Enari, D. Epifanov, S. Fratina, N. Gabyshev, A. Garmash, T. Gershon, G. Gokhroo, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, Y. Hoshi, S. Hou, W. S. Hou, T. Iijima, A. Imoto, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, J. H. Kang, J. S. Kang, S. U. Kataoka, N. Katayama, H. Kawai, T. Kawasaki, H. R. Khan, H. Kichimi, H. J. Kim, J. H. Kim, S. K. Kim, S. M. Kim, S. Korpar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, R. Kulasiri, C. C. Kuo, A. Kuzmin, Y. J. Kwon, G. Leder, S. E. Lee, T. Lesiak, J. Li, S. W. Lin, D. Liventsev, G. Majumder, F. Mandl, T. Matsumoto, A. Matyja, W. Mitaroff, H. Miyake, H. Miyata, R. Mizuk, D. Mohapatra, T. Mori, T. Nagamine, Y. Nagasaka, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, Z. Natkaniec, S. Nishida, O. Nitoh, T. Nozaki, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, T. Okabe, S. Okuno, S. L. Olsen, W. Ostrowicz, P. Pakhlov, H. Palka, C. W. Park, H. Park, N. Parslow, L. S. Peak, R. Pestotnik, L. E. Piilonen, H. Sagawa, Y. Sakai, N. Sato, T. Schietinger, O. Schneider, J. Schümann, K. Senyo, H. Shibuya, B. Shwartz, J. B. Singh, A. Somov, N. Soni, R. Stamen, S. Stanič, M. Starič, K. Sumisawa, T. Sumiyoshi, S. Y. Suzuki, O. Tajima, F. Takasaki, N. Tamura, M. Tanaka, Y. Teramoto, X. C. Tian, T. Tsuboyama, T. Tsukamoto, T. Uglov, S. Uno, G. Varner, S. Villa, C. C. Wang, C. H. Wang, M. Watanabe, Y. Watanabe, B. D. Yabsley, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamashita, M. Yamauchi, J. Ying, Y. Yusa, L. M. Zhang, Z. P. Zhang, V. Zhilich, D. Žontar

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Abstract

We have measured π+π- and K+K - production in two-photon collisions using 87.7fb-1 of data collected with the Belle detector at the asymmetric energy e +e- collider KEKB. The cross sections are measured to high precision in the two-photon center-of-mass energy (W) range between 2.4GeV<W<4.1GeV and angular region |cosθ*|<0.6. The cross section ratio σ(γγ→K+K-)/ σ(γγ→π+π-) is measured to be 0.89±0.04(stat.)±0.15(syst.) in the range of 3.0GeV<W<4. 1GeV, where the ratio is energy-independent. We observe a sin -4θ* behavior of the cross section in the same W range. Production of χc0 and χc2 mesons is observed in both γγ→π+π- and γγ→K+K- modes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)39-49
Number of pages11
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume615
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 May 2005

Keywords

  • Charmonium
  • Mesons
  • QCD
  • Two-photon collisions

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