Publication: Measurement of the matrix elements for the decays η → π+π-π 0 and η/η′ → π 0 π 0 π 0
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Tapan, İlhan
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Ablikim, M.
Achasov, M. N.
Ai, X. C.
Albayrak, O.
Albrecht, M.
Ambrose, D. J.
Amoroso, A.
An, F. F.
An, Q.
Bai, J. Z.
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Amer Physical Soc
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Based on a sample of 1.31 x 10(9) J/psi events collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, Dalitz plot analyses of selected 79,625 eta -> pi(+)pi(-)pi(0) events, 33,908 eta -> pi(0)pi(0)pi(0) events, and 1,888 eta' -> pi(0)pi(0)pi(0) events are performed. The measured matrix elements of eta -> pi(+)pi(-)pi(0) are in reasonable agreement with previous measurements. The Dalitz plot slope parameters of eta -> pi(0)pi(0)pi(0) and eta' -> pi(0)pi(0)pi(0) are determined to be -0.055 +/- 0.014 +/- 0.004 and -0.640 +/- 0.046 +/- 0.047, respectively, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. Both values are consistent with previous measurements, while the precision of the latter one is improved by a factor of 3. Final state interactions are found to have an important role in those decays.
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Electromagnetic corrections, Parameter alpha, Neutral decays, Pi 0, 3-pi(0), Dynamics, Science & technology, Physical sciences, Astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, particles & fields, Physics