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Study of e+e−→h+h−J/ψ (h=π, K, p) via initial-state radiation at Belle II

M. Abumusabh, I. Adachi, A. Aggarwal, L. Aggarwal, H. Ahmed, Y. Ahn, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, S. Alghamdi et al. (Belle II Collaboration)

S. Alghamdi, M. Alhakami, A. Aloisio, N. Althubiti, K. Amos, N. Anh Ky, C. Antonioli, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, T. Aushev, R. Ayad, V. Babu, H. Bae, N. K. Baghel, S. Bahinipati, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, M. Barrett, M. Bartl, J. Baudot, A. Baur, A. Beaubien, F. Becherer, J. Becker, J. V. Bennett, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, V. Bhardwaj, F. Bianchi, T. Bilka, D. Biswas, A. Bobrov, D. Bodrov, A. Bondar, G. Bonvicini, J. Borah, A. Boschetti, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, R. A. Briere, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, Q. Campagna, M. Campajola, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, M.-C. Chang, P. Chang, P. Cheema, C. Chen, L. Chen, B. G. Cheon, C. Cheshta, H. Chetri, K. Chilikin, J. Chin, K. Chirapatpimol, H.-E. Cho, K. Cho, S.-J. Cho, S.-K. Choi, S. Choudhury, S. Chutia, J. Cochran, J. A. Colorado-Caicedo, I. Consigny, L. Corona, J. X. Cui, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. De Nardo, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, S. Dey, R. Dhayal, A. Di Canto, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, I. Domínguez Jiménez, T. V. Dong, X. Dong, M. Dorigo, G. Dujany, P. Ecker, D. Epifanov, J. Eppelt, R. Farkas, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, T. Fillinger, C. Finck, G. Finocchiaro, F. Forti, A. Frey, B. G. Fulsom, A. Gabrielli, A. Gale, E. Ganiev, M. Garcia-Hernandez, R. Garg, G. Gaudino, V. Gaur, V. Gautam, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, D. Ghosh, H. Ghumaryan, G. Giakoustidis, R. Giordano, A. Giri, P. Gironella Gironell, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, O. Gogota, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, E. Graziani, D. Greenwald, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, I. Haide, Y. Han, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, C. Hearty, M. T. Hedges, A. Heidelbach, G. Heine, I. Heredia de la Cruz, M. Hernández Villanueva, T. Higuchi, M. Hoek, M. Hohmann, R. Hoppe, P. Horak, X. T. Hou, C.-L. Hsu, T. Humair, T. Iijima, K. Inami, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, P. Jackson, D. Jacobi, W. W. Jacobs, E.-J. Jang, Q. P. Ji, S. Jia, Y. Jin, A. Johnson, A. B. Kaliyar, J. Kandra, K. H. Kang, S. Kang, G. Karyan, F. Keil, C. Ketter, C. Kiesling, D. Y. Kim, H. Kim, J.-Y. Kim, K.-H. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Koga, S. Kohani, K. Kojima, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, E. Kovalenko, R. Kowalewski, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, Y. Kulii, D. Kumar, K. Kumara, T. Kunigo, A. Kuzmin, Y.-J. Kwon, S. Lacaprara, T. Lam, J. S. Lange, T. S. Lau, R. Leboucher, F. R. Le Diberder, H. Lee, M. J. Lee, C. Lemettais, P. Leo, P. M. Lewis, C. Li, H.-J. Li, L. K. Li, Q. M. Li, W. Z. Li, Y. Li, Y. B. Li, Y. P. Liao, J. Libby, J. Lin, Z. Liptak, M. H. Liu, Q. Y. Liu, Z. Liu, D. Liventsev, S. Longo, A. Lozar, T. Lueck, C. Lyu, J. L. Ma, Y. Ma, M. Maggiora, S. P. Maharana, R. Maiti, G. Mancinelli, R. Manfredi, E. Manoni, M. Mantovano, D. Marcantonio, S. Marcello, M. Marfoli, C. Marinas, C. Martellini, A. Martens, T. Martinov, L. Massaccesi, M. Masuda, D. Matvienko, S. K. Maurya, M. Maushart, J. A. McKenna, Z. Mediankin Gruberová, R. Mehta, F. Meier, D. Meleshko, M. Merola, C. Miller, M. Mirra, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyake, R. Mizuk, S. Moneta, H.-G. Moser, M. Mrvar, H. Murakami, R. Mussa, I. Nakamura, M. Nakao, Y. Nakazawa, M. Naruki, Z. Natkaniec, A. Natochii, M. Nayak, M. Neu, S. Nishida, R. Nomaru, S. Ogawa, R. Okubo, H. Ono, F. Otani, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, A. Panta, S. Pardi, K. Parham, J. Park, K. Park, S.-H. Park, A. Passeri, S. Patra, S. Paul, T. K. Pedlar, R. Pestotnik, M. Piccolo, L. E. Piilonen, P. L. M. Podesta-Lerma, T. Podobnik, A. Prakash, C. Praz, S. Prell, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, S. Privalov, H. Purwar, P. Rados, S. Raiz, K. Ravindran, J. U. Rehman, M. Reif, S. Reiter, L. Reuter, D. Ricalde Herrmann, I. Ripp-Baudot, G. Rizzo, S. H. Robertson, J. M. Roney, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, S. Saha, L. Salutari, D. A. Sanders, S. Sandilya, L. Santelj, C. Santos, V. Savinov, B. Scavino, S. Schneider, M. Schnepf, K. Schoenning, C. Schwanda, Y. Seino, K. Senyo, J. Serrano, M. E. Sevior, C. Sfienti, W. Shan, G. Sharma, C. P. Shen, X. D. Shi, T. Shillington, T. Shimasaki, J.-G. Shiu, D. Shtol, B. Shwartz, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, J. Skorupa, R. J. Sobie, M. Sobotzik, A. Soffer, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, S. Spataro, K. Špenko, B. Spruck, M. Starič, P. Stavroulakis, S. Stefkova, L. Stoetzer, R. Stroili, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, N. Suwonjandee, M. Takahashi, M. Takizawa, U. Tamponi, S. Tanaka, S. S. Tang, K. Tanida, F. Tenchini, F. Testa, A. Thaller, T. Tien Manh, O. Tittel, R. Tiwary, E. Torassa, K. Trabelsi, F. F. Trantou, I. Tsaklidis, I. Ueda, K. Unger, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, Y. Ushiroda, S. E. Vahsen, R. van Tonder, K. E. Varvell, M. Veronesi, V. S. Vismaya, L. Vitale, V. Vobbilisetti, R. Volpe, M. Wakai, S. Wallner, M.-Z. Wang, A. Warburton, M. Watanabe, S. Watanuki, C. Wessel, E. Won, X. P. Xu, B. D. Yabsley, W. Yan, W. Yan, J. Yelton, K. Yi, J. H. Yin, K. Yoshihara, C. Z. Yuan, J. Yuan, L. Zani, F. Zeng, B. Zhang, V. Zhilich, J. S. Zhou, Q. D. Zhou, L. Zhu, and R. Žlebčík (Belle II Collaboration)

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Phys. Rev. D 113, 112010 – Published 23 June, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/f8qf-b284

Abstract

Using a data sample of 427.9  fb−1 collected by the Belle II detector at or near the ϒ(4S) and ϒ(10753) resonances, the cross sections for e+e−→h+h−J/ψ(h=π/K/p) at center-of-mass energies ranging from 3.8 GeV or the production threshold to 5.5/6.0/7.0  GeV have been measured via initial-state radiation. The cross sections for the processes e+e−→π+π−J/ψ and e+e−→K+K−J/ψ are consistent with previously published results. The cross sections for these channels obtained by combining with previous Belle results are also given. The process e+e−→pp¯J/ψ is investigated for the first time. The yields are small and no significant structure is observed in the cross section versus energy. Searches for vector charmoniumlike states in the h+h−J/ψ systems, and for associated intermediate states in the h±J/ψ systems, are also presented.

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Phys. Rev. D 113, 112010– Published 23 June, 2026
  • Received 17 February 2026
  • Accepted 26 May 2026
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