High-statistics study of neutral-pion pair production in two-photon collisions

  • S. Uehara*
  • , Y. Watanabe
  • , H. Nakazawa
  • , H. Aihara
  • , K. Arinstein
  • , V. Aulchenko
  • , A. M. Bakich
  • , E. Barberio
  • , K. Belous
  • , V. Bhardwaj
  • , A. Bondar
  • , A. Bozek
  • , M. Bračko
  • , T. E. Browder
  • , A. Chen
  • , B. G. Cheon
  • , R. Chistov
  • , I. S. Cho
  • , S. K. Choi
  • , Y. Choi
  • M. Dash, S. Eidelman, D. Epifanov, N. Gabyshev, P. Goldenzweig, H. Ha, J. Haba, B. Y. Han, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, M. Hazumi, Y. Hoshi, W. S. Hou, H. J. Hyun, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, Y. Iwasaki, N. J. Joshi, D. H. Kah, N. Katayama, T. Kawasaki, H. Kichimi, H. O. Kim, Y. I. Kim, Y. J. Kim, S. Korpar, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, A. Kuzmin, Y. J. Kwon, M. J. Lee, T. Lesiak, Y. Liu, D. Liventsev, R. Louvot, S. McOnie, H. Miyata, R. Mizuk, Y. Nagasaka, M. Nakao, S. Nishida, K. Nishimura, O. Nitoh, S. Ogawa, T. Ohshima, S. Okuno, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, C. W. Park, H. Park, H. K. Park, R. Pestotnik, L. E. Piilonen, A. Poluektov, H. Sahoo, Y. Sakai, O. Schneider, K. Senyo, M. Shapkin, J. G. Shiu, B. Shwartz, M. Starič, T. Sumiyoshi, M. Tanaka, Y. Teramoto, I. Tikhomirov, T. Uglov, Y. Unno, S. Uno, Y. Usov, G. Varner, K. Vervink, A. Vinokurova, C. H. Wang, P. Wang, B. D. Yabsley, Y. Yamashita, C. C. Zhang, Z. P. Zhang, V. Zhilich, V. Zhulanov, T. Zivko, A. Zupanc, O. Zyukova
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The differential cross sections for the process γγ→π 0π0 have been measured in the kinematic range 0.6GeV<W<4.1GeV, |cos θ*|<0.8 in energy and pion scattering angle, respectively, in the γγ center-of-mass system. The results are based on a 223fb-1 data sample collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB e+e- collider. The differential cross sections are fitted in the energy region 1.7GeV<W<2. 5GeV to confirm the two-photon production of two pions in the G wave. In the higher-energy region, we observe production of the χc0 charmonium state and obtain the product of its two-photon decay width and branching fraction to π0π0. We also compare the observed angular dependence and ratios of cross sections for neutral-pion and charged-pion pair production to QCD models. The energy and angular dependence above 3.1 GeV are compatible with those measured in the π+π- channel, and in addition we find that the cross section ratio, σ(π0π0)/σ(π+π-), is 0.32±0.03±0.05 on average in the 3.1-4.1 GeV region.

Original languageEnglish
Article number052009
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume79
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009 Mar 2
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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