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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Evidence for the Direct Two-Photon Transition from $\psi(3686)$ to $J/\psi$
Besiii CollaborationM. AblikimM. N. AchasovD. J. AmbroseF. F. AnQ. AnZ. H. AnJ. Z. BaiR. B. FerroliY. BanJ. BeckerN. BergerM. B. BertaniJ. M. BianE. BogerO. BondarenkoI. BoykoR. A. BriereV. BytevX. CaiA. C. CalcaterraG. F. CaoJ. F. ChangG. ChelkovG. ChenH. S. ChenJ. C. ChenM. L. ChenS. J. ChenY. ChenY. B. ChenH. P. ChengY. P. ChuD. Cronin-hennessyH. L. DaiJ. P. DaiD. DedovichZ. Y. DengA. DenigI. DenysenkoM. DestefanisW. M. DingY. DingL. Y. DongM. Y. DongS. X. DuJ. FangS. S. FangL. FavaF. FeldbauerC. Q. FengC. D. FuJ. L. FuY. GaoC. GengK. GoetzenW. X. GongW. GradlM. GrecoM. H. GuY. T. GuY. H. GuanA. Q. GuoL. B. GuoY. P. GuoY. L. HanX. Q. HaoF. A. HarrisK. L. HeM. HeZ. Y. HeT. HeldY. K. HengZ. L. HouH. M. HuJ. F. HuT. HuB. HuangG. M. HuangJ. S. HuangX. T. HuangY. P. HuangT. HussainC. S. JiQ. JiX. B. JiX. L. JiL. K. JiaL. L. JiangX. S. JiangJ. B. JiaoZ. JiaoD. P. JinS. JinF. F. JingN. Kalantar-nayestanakiM. KavatsyukW. KuehnW. LaiJ. S. LangeJ. K. C. LeungC. H. LiCheng LiCui LiD. M. LiF. LiG. LiH. B. LiJ. C. LiK. LiLei LiN. B. LiQ. J. LiS. L. LiW. D. LiW. G. LiX. L. LiX. N. LiX. Q. LiX. R. LiZ. B. LiH. LiangY. F. LiangY. T. LiangG. R. LiaoX. T. LiaoB. J. LiuB. J. LiuC. L. LiuC. X. LiuC. Y. LiuF. H. LiuFang LiuFeng LiuH. LiuH. B. LiuH. H. LiuH. M. LiuH. W. LiuJ. P. LiuKun LiuKai LiuK. Y. LiuP. L. LiuS. B. LiuX. LiuX. H. LiuY. B. LiuY. LiuZ. A. LiuZhiqiang LiuZhiqing LiuH. LoehnerG. R. LuH. J. LuJ. G. LuQ. W. LuX. R. LuY. P. LuC. L. LuoM. X. LuoT. LuoX. L. LuoM. LvC. L. MaF. C. MaH. L. MaQ. M. MaS. MaT. MaX. Y. MaY. MaF. E. MaasM. MaggioraQ. A. MalikH. MaoY. J. MaoZ. P. MaoJ. G. MesschendorpJ. MinT. J. MinR. E. MitchellX. H. MoC. Morales MoralesC. MotzkoN. Yu. MuchnoiY. NefedovC. NicholsonI. B. NikolaevZ. NingS. L. OlsenQ. OuyangS. P. PacettiJ. W. ParkM. PelizaeusK. PetersJ. L. PingR. G. PingR. PolingE. PrencipeC. S. J. PunM. QiS. QianC. F. QiaoX. S. QinY. QinZ. H. QinJ. F. QiuK. H. RashidG. RongX. D. RuanA. SarantsevJ. SchulzeM. ShaoC. P. ShenX. Y. ShenH. Y. ShengM. R. ShepherdX. Y. SongS. SpataroB. SpruckD. H. SunG. X. SunJ. F. SunS. S. SunX. D. SunY. J. SunY. Z. SunZ. J. SunZ. T. SunC. J. TangX. TangE. H. ThorndikeH. L. TianD. TothM. U. UlrichG. S. VarnerB. WangB. Q. WangK. WangL. L. WangL. S. WangM. WangP. WangP. L. WangQ. WangQ. J. WangS. G. WangX. F. WangX. L. WangY. D. WangY. F. WangY. Q. WangZ. WangZ. G. WangZ. Y. WangD. H. WeiP. WeidenkaffQ. G. WenS. P. WenM. W. WernerU. WiednerL. H. WuN. WuS. X. WuW. WuZ. WuL. G. XiaZ. J. XiaoY. G. XieQ. L. XiuG. F. XuG. M. XuH. XuQ. J. XuX. P. XuY. XuZ. R. XuF. XueZ. XueL. YanW. B. YanY. H. YanH. X. YangT. YangY. YangY. X. YangH. YeM. YeM. H. YeB. X. YuC. X. YuJ. S. YuS. P. YuC. Z. YuanW. L. YuanY. YuanA. A. ZafarA. Z. ZalloY. ZengB. X. ZhangB. Y. ZhangC. C. ZhangD. H. ZhangH. H. ZhangH. Y. ZhangJ. ZhangJ. G. ZhangJ. Q. ZhangJ. W. ZhangJ. Y. ZhangJ. Z. ZhangL. ZhangS. H. ZhangT. R. ZhangX. J. ZhangX. Y. ZhangY. ZhangY. H. ZhangY. S. ZhangZ. P. ZhangZ. Y. ZhangG. ZhaoH. S. ZhaoJ. W. ZhaoK. X. ZhaoLei ZhaoLing ZhaoM. G. ZhaoQ. ZhaoS. J. ZhaoT. C. ZhaoX. H. ZhaoY. B. ZhaoZ. G. ZhaoA. ZhemchugovB. ZhengJ. P. ZhengY. H. ZhengZ. P. ZhengB. ZhongJ. ZhongL. ZhouX. K. ZhouX. R. ZhouC. ZhuK. ZhuK. J. ZhuS. H. ZhuX. L. ZhuX. W. ZhuY. M. ZhuY. S. ZhuZ. A. ZhuJ. ZhuangB. S. ZouJ. H. ZouJ. X. Zuosubject
High Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentHigh Energy Physics - Experimentdescription
The two-photon transition $\psi(3686)\to\gamma\gamma J/\psi$ is studied in a sample of 106 million $\psi(3686)$ decays collected by the BESIII detector. The branching fraction is measured to be $(3.1\pm0.6(\unit{stat})^{+0.8}_{-1.0}(\unit{syst})) \times10^{-4}$ using $J/\psi\to e^+e^-$ and $J/\psi\to\mu^+\mu^-$ decays, and its upper limit is estimated to be $4.5\times10^{-4}$ at the 90% conference level. This work represents the first measurement of a two-photon transition among charmonium states. The orientation of the $\psi(3686)$ decay plane and the $J/\psi$ polarization in this decay are also studied. In addition, the product branching fractions of sequential $E1$ transitions $\psi(3686)\to\gamma\chi_{cJ}, \chi_{cJ}\to\gamma J/\psi (J=0,1,2)$ are reported.
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