Charge asymmetry in the processes e+e-→μ+μ-γ and e+e-→π+π-γ is measured using 232 fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at e+e- center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV. An observable is introduced and shown to be very robust against detector asymmetries while keeping a large sensitivity to the physical charge asymmetry that results from the interference between initial- and final-state radiation (FSR). The asymmetry is determined as a function of the invariant mass of the final-state tracks from production threshold to a few GeV/c2. It is compared to the expectation from QED for e+e-→μ+μ-γ, and from theoretical models for e+e-→π+π-γ. A clear interference pattern is observed in e+e-→π+π-γ, particularly in the vicinity of the f2(1270) resonance. The inferred rate of lowest-order FSR production is consistent with the QED expectation for e+e-→μ+μ-γ, and is negligibly small for e+e-→π+π-γ. © 2015 American Physical Society.

Measurement of initial-state-final-state radiation interference in the processes e+e- →μ+μ-γ and e+e- →π+π-γ / Lees, J.P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Stugu, B., Brown, D.N., Kerth, L.T., Kolomensky, Y.u.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.92.072015]

Measurement of initial-state-final-state radiation interference in the processes e+e- →μ+μ-γ and e+e- →π+π-γ

DE NARDO, GUGLIELMO;SCIACCA, CRISOSTOMO;
2015

Abstract

Charge asymmetry in the processes e+e-→μ+μ-γ and e+e-→π+π-γ is measured using 232 fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at e+e- center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV. An observable is introduced and shown to be very robust against detector asymmetries while keeping a large sensitivity to the physical charge asymmetry that results from the interference between initial- and final-state radiation (FSR). The asymmetry is determined as a function of the invariant mass of the final-state tracks from production threshold to a few GeV/c2. It is compared to the expectation from QED for e+e-→μ+μ-γ, and from theoretical models for e+e-→π+π-γ. A clear interference pattern is observed in e+e-→π+π-γ, particularly in the vicinity of the f2(1270) resonance. The inferred rate of lowest-order FSR production is consistent with the QED expectation for e+e-→μ+μ-γ, and is negligibly small for e+e-→π+π-γ. © 2015 American Physical Society.
2015
Measurement of initial-state-final-state radiation interference in the processes e+e- →μ+μ-γ and e+e- →π+π-γ / Lees, J.P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Stugu, B., Brown, D.N., Kerth, L.T., Kolomensky, Y.u.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.92.072015]
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