Review of Experimental Studies of $\psi (3770)$ non-$D\bar{D}$ Decays

Abstract

We review the progress on experimental studies of the non-$D\bar{D}$ decays of the $\psi (3770)$ resonance. With the world average of the observed cross sections for $D\bar{D}$ production measured at 3.773 GeV by the MARK-I, MARK-II, BES and CLEO Collaborations, combined together with the cross section for $\psi (3770)$ production at its peak as well as initial state radiative correction factor, we find that the non-$D\bar{D}$ branching fraction of $\psi (3770)$ decays is $B[\psi (3770)\to \mathrm{non}-D\bar{D}]=(19.8\pm 1.8\pm 5.6)$, which is consistent within error with $B[\psi (3770)\to \mathrm{non}-D\bar{D}]=(14.7\pm 3.2)$ measured previously by the BES Collaboration. In addition, a global amplitude analysis of the cross sections for $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to \mathrm{LH}$ (LH= light hadron) measured by the CLEO Collaboration shows that the light hadron branching fraction of $\psi (3770)$ decays can be as large as about 11%. Combing the totally measured hadronic and electromegnatic transition rate together with the light hadron branching fraction in the decays of $\psi (3770)$ yields the total non-$D\bar{D}$ branching fraction in the decays of $\psi (3770)$ to be about 13%.

10 pages, 5 figures