Search for the charmonium weak decays $$ J/\psi \to {D}_s^{-}{\rho}^{+}+\textrm{c}.\textrm{c}. $$ and $$ J/\psi \to {D}_s^{-}{\pi}^{+}+\textrm{c}.\textrm{c}. $$
A bstract Based on (10087 ± 44) × 10 6 J / ψ events recorded with the BESIII detector, we search for the rare charmonium weak decays $$ J/\psi \to {D}_s^{-}{\rho}^{+}+\textrm{c}.\textrm{c}. $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> </mml:msubsup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>ρ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> </mml:math> and $$ J/\psi \to {D}_s^{-}{\pi}^{+}+\textrm{c}.\textrm{c}. $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> </mml:msubsup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> </mml:math> No signal is observed, and upper limits on the branching fractions at the 90% confidence level are set as $$ \mathcal{B}\left(J/\psi \to {D}_s^{-}{\rho}^{+}+\textrm{c}.\textrm{c}.\right)<8.0\times {10}^{-7} $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mfenced> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> </mml:msubsup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>ρ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfenced> <mml:mo><</mml:mo> <mml:mn>8.0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>7</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> and $$ \mathcal{B}\left(J/\psi \to {D}_s^{-}{\pi}^{+}+\textrm{c}.\textrm{c}.\right)<4.1\times {10}^{-7} $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mfenced> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> </mml:msubsup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfenced> <mml:mo><</mml:mo> <mml:mn>4.1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>7</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> . Our results provide the most stringent experimental constraints on these decays.
Authors
- F. Hanisch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3770-1655)
- M. Wolke
- M. Kavatsyuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2420-5179)
- A. Bortone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1577-5004)
- Yun Yue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1806-1314)
- Sofia Pacetti
- R. Aliberti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3500-4012)
- A. Khoukaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7108-895X)
- M. Berłowski
- F. Feldbauer
- Xi Kui
- N. Salone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2365-8916)
- R. Farinelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7972-9093)
- Joshua Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8599-9065)
- G. Cibinetto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3491-6231)
- M. Fritsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6463-8295)
- M. Scodeggio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2064-050X)
- Y. M.
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- A. Amoroso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3095-8610)
- S. Gramigna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9500-8192)
- Shafaq Nisar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2387-9096)
- T. Johansson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6945-716X)
- F. Nerling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3581-7881)
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- S. Plura
- Lianjie Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8865-4629)
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- University of Science and Technology Liaoning (CN)
- Liaoning University (CN)
- Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” (IT)
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Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Published
- 2025-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep12(2025)077
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Strong
- National Research Foundation
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology
- Science and Technology Facilities Council
- Institute of High Energy Physics