Measurement of the resonance parameters of the charmonium ground state, ηc(11S0)

Abstract

The resonance parameters of the charmonium ground state, ηc(11S0), have been measured by means of the reaction p̄p→ηc→γγ. The mass and total width are determined to be 2984.1±2.1±1.0 MeV/c2 and 20.4+7.7−6.7±2.0 MeV, respectively. The product of branching ratios B(p̄p→ηc)B(ηc→γγ) is determined to be 22.4+3.8−3.7±2.0×10−8, from which B(ηc→γγ)=1.87+0.32+0.95−0.31−0.50×10−4, and Γ(ηc→γγ)=3.8+1.1+1.9−1.0−1.0 keV are derived using B(ηc→p̄p)=(12±4)×10−4 from the literature.