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Observation and branching fraction measurements of J/ψ→pp‾KS0KS0 and ψ(3686)→pp‾KS0KS0

M. Ablikim et al.

Phys. Rev. D - Accepted 24 September, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/w2qd-6zdb

Abstract

Using (10.087±0.044)×109 J/ψ events and (2.712±0.014)×109 ψ(3686) events collected by the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII collider, we report the first observation of the hadronic decays of J/ψ→pp‾KS0KS0 and ψ(3686)→pp‾KS0KS0, both with statistical significance greater than 10σ. Their branching fractions are determined to be ℬ(J/ψ→pp‾KS0KS0)=(1.60±0.02±0.09)×10−5 and ℬ(ψ(3686)→pp‾KS0KS0)=(3.93±0.24±0.34)×10−6. The ratio of their branching fractions is ℬ(ψ(3686)→pp‾KS0KS0)/ℬ(J/ψ→pp‾KS0KS0)=(24.6±1.5±2.1)%, which deviates from theoretical expectation by 4.6σ. Here the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. We have also examined the pp‾ invariant mass distributions in these decays, and no significant enhancement near the pp‾ near threshold is found.

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