The e+e-→K+K- cross section and charged-kaon electromagnetic form factor are measured in the e+e- center-of-mass energy range (E) from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV using the initial-state radiation technique with an undetected photon. The study is performed using 469fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II2 e+e- collider at center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV. The form factor is found to decrease with energy faster than 1/E2 and approaches the asymptotic QCD prediction. Production of the K+K- final state through the J/ψ and ψ(2S) intermediate states is observed. The results for the kaon form factor are used together with data from other experiments to perform a model-independent determination of the relative phases between electromagnetic (single-photon) and strong amplitudes in J/ψ and ψ(2S)→K+K- decays. The values of the branching fractions measured in the reaction e+e-→K+K- are shifted relative to their true values due to interference between resonant and nonresonant amplitudes. The values of these shifts are determined to be about ±5% for the J/ψ meson and ±15% for the ψ(2S) meson. © 2015 American Physical Society. © 2015 American Physical Society.

Study of the e+e- →k+K- reaction in the energy range from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV / Lees, J.P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Stugu, B., Brown, D.N., Kerth, L.T., Kolomensky, Y.G., Lee, M.J., Lynch, G., Koch, H., Schroeder, T., Hearty, C., Mattison, T.S., Mckenna, J.A., So, R.Y., Khan, A., Blinov, V.E., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY. - ISSN 1550-7998. - 92:7(2015). [10.1103/PhysRevD.92.072008]

Study of the e+e- →k+K- reaction in the energy range from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV

DE NARDO, GUGLIELMO;SCIACCA, CRISOSTOMO;
2015

Abstract

The e+e-→K+K- cross section and charged-kaon electromagnetic form factor are measured in the e+e- center-of-mass energy range (E) from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV using the initial-state radiation technique with an undetected photon. The study is performed using 469fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II2 e+e- collider at center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV. The form factor is found to decrease with energy faster than 1/E2 and approaches the asymptotic QCD prediction. Production of the K+K- final state through the J/ψ and ψ(2S) intermediate states is observed. The results for the kaon form factor are used together with data from other experiments to perform a model-independent determination of the relative phases between electromagnetic (single-photon) and strong amplitudes in J/ψ and ψ(2S)→K+K- decays. The values of the branching fractions measured in the reaction e+e-→K+K- are shifted relative to their true values due to interference between resonant and nonresonant amplitudes. The values of these shifts are determined to be about ±5% for the J/ψ meson and ±15% for the ψ(2S) meson. © 2015 American Physical Society. © 2015 American Physical Society.
2015
Study of the e+e- →k+K- reaction in the energy range from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV / Lees, J.P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Stugu, B., Brown, D.N., Kerth, L.T., Kolomensky, Y.G., Lee, M.J., Lynch, G., Koch, H., Schroeder, T., Hearty, C., Mattison, T.S., Mckenna, J.A., So, R.Y., Khan, A., Blinov, V.E., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY. - ISSN 1550-7998. - 92:7(2015). [10.1103/PhysRevD.92.072008]
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