Search for the lepton number violating decay <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>η</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow>
Based on a sample of <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <a:mrow> <a:mo stretchy="false">(</a:mo> <a:mn>10.087</a:mn> <a:mo>±</a:mo> <a:mn>0.044</a:mn> <a:mo stretchy="false">)</a:mo> <a:mo>×</a:mo> <a:msup> <a:mrow> <a:mn>10</a:mn> </a:mrow> <a:mrow> <a:mn>9</a:mn> </a:mrow> </a:msup> <a:mi>J</a:mi> <a:mo>/</a:mo> <a:mi>ψ</a:mi> </a:mrow> </a:math> events collected by the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, we perform the first search for the lepton number violating decay <e:math xmlns:e="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <e:mrow> <e:mi>η</e:mi> <e:mo stretchy="false">→</e:mo> <e:msup> <e:mrow> <e:mi>π</e:mi> </e:mrow> <e:mrow> <e:mo>+</e:mo> </e:mrow> </e:msup> <e:msup> <e:mrow> <e:mi>π</e:mi> </e:mrow> <e:mrow> <e:mo>+</e:mo> </e:mrow> </e:msup> <e:msup> <e:mrow> <e:mi>e</e:mi> </e:mrow> <e:mrow> <e:mo>−</e:mo> </e:mrow> </e:msup> <e:msup> <e:mrow> <e:mi>e</e:mi> </e:mrow> <e:mrow> <e:mo>−</e:mo> </e:mrow> </e:msup> <e:mo>+</e:mo> <e:mi mathvariant="normal">c</e:mi> <e:mo>.</e:mo> <e:mi mathvariant="normal">c</e:mi> </e:mrow> </e:math> . No signal is found, and an upper limit on the branching fraction of <j:math xmlns:j="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <j:mrow> <j:mi>η</j:mi> <j:mo stretchy="false">→</j:mo> <j:msup> <j:mrow> <j:mi>π</j:mi> </j:mrow> <j:mrow> <j:mo>+</j:mo> </j:mrow> </j:msup> <j:msup> <j:mrow> <j:mi>π</j:mi> </j:mrow> <j:mrow> <j:mo>+</j:mo> </j:mrow> </j:msup> <j:msup> <j:mrow> <j:mi>e</j:mi> </j:mrow> <j:mrow> <j:mo>−</j:mo> </j:mrow> </j:msup> <j:msup> <j:mrow> <j:mi>e</j:mi> </j:mrow> <j:mrow> <j:mo>−</j:mo> </j:mrow> </j:msup> <j:mo>+</j:mo> <j:mi mathvariant="normal">c</j:mi> <j:mo>.</j:mo> <j:mi mathvariant="normal">c</j:mi> <j:mo>.</j:mo> </j:mrow> </j:math> is set to be <o:math xmlns:o="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <o:mn>4.6</o:mn> <o:mo>×</o:mo> <o:msup> <o:mn>10</o:mn> <o:mrow> <o:mo>−</o:mo> <o:mn>6</o:mn> </o:mrow> </o:msup> </o:math> at the 90% confidence level.
Authors
- Karl J. Friston
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology Liaoning (CN)
- Liaoning University (CN)
- Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” (IT)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- University of Hawaii System (US)
- Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MN)
- Central South University (CN)
- Guangxi University (CN)
- Nanjing Normal University (CN)
- Liaoning Normal University (CN)
- North China Electric Power University (CN)
- Shandong University (CN)
- COMSATS University Islamabad (PK)
- Hangzhou Normal University (CN)
- Hunan University (CN)
- Henan University of Science and Technology (CN)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (DE)
- University of the Punjab (PK)
- Hunan Normal University (CN)
- Henan University (CN)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Yantai University (CN)
- University of Tarapacá (CL)
- Guangxi University of Science and Technology (CN)
- South China Normal University (CN)
- Yunnan University (CN)
- Jilin University (CN)
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE)
- University of Ferrara (IT)
- Qufu Normal University (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Nankai University (CN)
- University of Münster (DE)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Inner Mongolia University (CN)
- University of Perugia (IT)
- Shandong Normal University (CN)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Guangxi Normal University (CN)
- China University of Geosciences (CN)
- Huangshan University (CN)
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (RU)
- University of Jinan (CN)
- Henan University of Technology (CN)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Wuhan University (CN)
- Zhengzhou University (CN)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Central China Normal University (CN)
- National Centre for Nuclear Research (PL)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Ferrara (IT)
- Helmholtz Institute Mainz (DE)
- Istinye University (TR)
- Institute of Modern Physics (CN)
- Jilin Medical University (CN)
- Shanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT)
- Piedmont University (US)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia (IT)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Hebei University (CN)
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (RU)
- China Center of Advanced Science and Technology (CN)
- University of Turin (IT)
- Indiana University (US)
- Chung-Ang University (KR)
- Near East University (CY)
- Carnegie Mellon University (US)
- Henan Normal University (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
- Lanzhou University (CN)
- Renmin University of China (CN)
- Suranaree University of Technology (TH)
- Beihang University (CN)
- Nanjing University (CN)
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
- University of South China (CN)
- Shanxi Normal University (CN)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/3sf4-51f1
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00