Search for the radiative decay η→π0γγ in the SND experiment at VEPP-2M

M. N. Achasov, K. I. Beloborodov, A. V. Berdyugin, A. V. Bozhenok, A. G. Bogdanchikov, D. A. Bukin, S. V. Burdin, T. V. Dimova, A. A. Drozdetsky, V. P. Druzhinin, D. I. Ganyushin, V. B. Golubev, V. N. Ivanchenko, I. A. Koop, A. A. Korol, S. V. Koshuba, A. V. Otboev, E. V. Pakhtusova, A. A. Salnikov, V. V. SharyS. I. Serednyakov, Yu M. Shatunov, V. A. Sidorov, Z. K. Silagadze, A. G. Skripkin, A. A. Valishev, A. V. Vasiljev, Yu S. Velikzhanin

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Abstract

The η→π0γγ decay was investigated by the SND detector at VEPP-2M e+e- collider in the reaction e+e-→φ→ηγ. Here we present the results and some details of this study. We report an upper limit (90% c.l.) Br(η→π0γγ)<8.4×10-4 as our final result. Our upper limit does not contradict the earlier measurement by GAMS spectrometer. To facilitate future studies a rather detailed review of the problem is also given.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3-20
Number of pages18
JournalNuclear Physics B
Volume600
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 16 2001
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work is supported in part by Russian Fund for Basic Researches, grant No. 00-15-96802.

FundersFunder number
Russian Fund for Basic Researches00-15-96802

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