The BESIII Physics Programme

Abstract

The standard model of particle physics is a well-tested theoretical framework, but there are still a number of issues that deserve further experimental and theoretical investigation. For quark physics, such questions include: the nature of quark confinement, the mechanism that connects the quarks and gluons of the standard model theory to the strongly interacting particles; and the weak decays of quarks, which may provide insights into new physics mechanisms responsible for the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe. These issues are addressed by the Beijing Spectrometer III (BESIII) experiment at the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider II (BEPCII) storage ring, which for the past decade has been studying particles produced in electron-positron collisions in the tau-charm energy-threshold region, and has by now accumulated the world's largest datasets that enables searches for nonstandard hadrons, weak decays of the charmed particles, and new physics phenomena beyond the standard model. Here, we review the contributions of BESIII to such studies and discuss future prospects for BESIII and other experiments.

27 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables. Published version with a few references updated

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• Heavy quarkonium: progress, puzzles, and opportunities
• The BABAR Detector
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• The hidden-charm pentaquark and tetraquark states
• Observation of $J/\psi p$ resonances consistent with pentaquark states in ${\Lambda }_b^0\to J/\psi K^{-}p$ decays
• Design and Construction of the BESIII Detector
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• Electroweak baryogenesis
• Non-Standard Heavy Mesons and Baryons, an Experimental Review
• Observation of a Broad Structure in the ${\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}J/\psi$ Mass Spectrum around 4.26 GeV/$c^2$
• Study of $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}J/\psi$ and Observation of a Charged Charmonium-like State at Belle
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• Observation of two charged bottomonium-like resonances in Y(5S) decays
• Glueball Spectrum and Matrix Elements on Anisotropic Lattices
• Exotica
• N/D Description of Two Meson Amplitudes and Chiral Symmetry
• Observation of a charged charmoniumlike structure Z_c(4020) and search for the Z_c(3900) in e+e- to pi+pi-h_c
• The Physics of the B Factories
• Observation of Two Resonant Structures in e+e- to pi+ pi- psi(2S) via Initial State Radiation at Belle
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• A new look at scalar mesons
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• Observation of a charged (DD*bar)- mass peak in e+e- --> pi+ (DD*bar)- at Ecm=4.26 GeV
• Observation of a near-threshold enhancement in th p pbar mass spectrum from radiative J/psi-->gamma p pbar decays
• Decoding the riddle of Y(4260) and $Z_c(3900)$
• $B$- and $D$-meson leptonic decay constants from four-flavor lattice QCD
• Observation of $CP$ violation in charm decays
• Observation of a charged charmoniumlike structure in $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to (D^{\ast }{\bar{D}}^{\ast }{)}^{\pm }{\pi }^{\mp }$ at $\sqrt{s}=4.26$GeV
• Evidence of a Broad Structure at an Invariant Mass of 4.32 GeV/$c^2$ in the Reaction $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}\psi (2S)$ Measured at BaBar
• Precise measurement of the e+ e- to pi+ pi- (gamma) cross section with the Initial State Radiation method at BABAR
• Hadro-Charmonium
• Observation of a near-threshold enhancement in the e+e- -->Lambda_c+Lambda_c- cross section using initial-state radiation
• New Physics and CP Violation in Singly Cabibbo Suppressed D Decays
• Precise measurement of the $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}J/\psi$ cross section at center-of-mass energies from 3.77 to 4.60 GeV
• A Theory of Scalar Mesons
• Reanalysis of Hadronic Cross Section Measurements at CMD-2
• Measurement of the ${\mathrm{e}}^{+}{\mathrm{e}}^{-}\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}$ Cross Section between 600 and 900 MeV Using Initial State Radiation
• Measurements of the Cross Section for e+e- -> hadrons at Center-of-Mass Energies from 2 to 5 GeV
• Putative Light Scalar Nonet
• Precise Measurement of the e+ e- --> pi+ pi- (gamma) Cross Section with the Initial-State Radiation Method at BABAR
• High-statistics measurement of the pion form factor in the rho-meson energy range with the CMD-2 detector
• Four Quark Interpretation of Y(4260)
• Observation of $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to \gamma X(3872)$ at BESIII
• Update of the e^+e^-\toπ^+π^- cross section measured by SND detector in the energy region 400<\sqrt{s}<1000 MeV
• Review of Lepton Universality tests in B decays
• Polarization and Entanglement in Baryon-Antibaryon Pair Production in Electron-Positron Annihilation
• Are Y(4260) and {\rm Z${}_2^{+}$(4250)} ${\mathrm{D}}_1\mathrm{D}$ or ${\mathrm{D}}_0{\mathrm{D}}^{\ast }$ Hadronic Molecules?
• The Possible Interpretations of Y(4260)
• Observation of a resonance X(1835) in J/ψ--> γπ^+ π^- η^{\prime}
• Evidence of Two Resonant Structures in $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}{h}_c$
• Suppressed decay into open charm for the Y(4260) being an hybrid
• A New Picture for the Formation and Decay of the Exotic $XYZ$ Mesons
• Study of e+e- --> p anti-p via initial-state radiation at BABAR
• Nonleptonic weak decays of charmed mesons
• Study of e+e- --> Lambda anti-Lambda, Lambda anti-Sigma0, Sigma0 anti-Sigma0 using Initial State Radiation with BABAR
• Measurements of absolute hadronic branching fractions of ${\Lambda }_c^{+}$ baryon
• Hadronic-vacuum-polarization contribution to the muon's anomalous magnetic moment from four-flavor lattice QCD
• Improved measurements of D meson semileptonic decays to pi and K mesons
• Study of $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to \omega {\chi }_{cJ}$ at center-of-mass energies from 4.21 to 4.42 GeV
• A J^PG=1++ Charged Resonance in the Y(4260) to pi+pi- J/psi Decay?
• An explanation of Belle states Z_b(10610) and Z_b(10650)
• Charmonium spectrum and their electromagnetic transitions with higher multipole contributions
• Observation of $Z_c(3900{)}^0$ in $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\pi }^0{\pi }^{0}J/\psi$
• Model-independent determination of the strong-phase difference between D^0 and D^0-bar-> K^0_S,L h^+ h^- (h=pi,K) and its impact on the measurement of the CKM angle gamma/phi_3
• Could the near-threshold $XYZ$ states be simply kinematic effects?
• Observation of $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\pi }^0{\pi }^0{h}_c$ and a neutral charmoniumlike structure $Z_c(4020{)}^0$
• Leptonic decay constants fK, fD and fDs with Nf = 2+1+1 twisted-mass lattice QCD
• Reproducing the $Z_c(3900)$ structure through the initial-single-pion-emission mechanism
• Hadronic structure functions in the $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to \bar{\Lambda }\Lambda$ reaction
• Measurement of $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}\psi (3686)$ from 4.008 to 4.600$\sim$GeV and observation of a charged structure in the ${\pi }^{\pm }\psi (3686)$ mass spectrum
• Evidence for kappa Meson Production in J/psi -> bar{K}^*(892)^0K^+pi^- Process
• Determination of spin and parity of the $Z_c(3900)$
• One Explanation for the Exotic State Y(4260)
• The XYZ states revisited
• Measurement of the Branching Fraction Br(Lambda_c+ -> p K- pi+)
• Spin-Parity Analysis of ppbar Mass Threshold Structure in J/psi and psi' Radiative Decays
• Precision measurement of the $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\Lambda }_c^{+}{\bar{\Lambda }}_c^{-}$ cross section near threshold
• Evidence of a resonant structure in the $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\pi }^{+}{D}^0{D}^{\ast -}$ cross section between 4.05 and 4.60 GeV
• Measurement of the absolute branching fraction for ${\Lambda }_c^{+}\to \Lambda e^{+}{\nu }_e$
• Scalar Glueball in Radiative $J/\psi$ Decay on Lattice
• Observation of a cross-section enhancement near mass threshold in $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to \Lambda \bar{\Lambda }$
• Study of the process $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to n\bar{n}$ at the VEPP-2000 $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ collider with the SND detector
• ${\chi }_{c0}^{}(3915)$ As the Lightest $c\bar{c}s\bar{s}$ State
• Observation of a neutral charmoniumlike state $Z_c(4025{)}^0$ in $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to (D^{\ast }{\bar{D}}^{\ast }{)}^0{\pi }^0$
• Observation of a Neutral Structure near the $D{\bar{D}}^{\ast }$ Mass Threshold in $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to (D{\bar{D}}^{\ast }{)}^0{\pi }^0$ at $\sqrt{s}$ = 4.226 and 4.257 GeV
• Direct CP asymmetry in $D\to {\pi }^{-}{\pi }^{+}$ and $D\to K^{-}{K}^{+}$ in QCD-based approach
• A New Look at the $Y$ Tetraquarks and ${\Omega }_c$ Baryons in the Diquark Model
• Study of decay dynamics and $CP$ asymmetry in $D^{+}\to K_L^0{e}^{+}{\nu }_e$ decay
• Proton-Antiproton Annihilation in Baryonium
• The beam energy measurement system for the Beijing electron-positron collider
• Measurement of the Absolute Branching Fraction for ${\Lambda }_c^{+}\to \Lambda {\mu }^{+}{\nu }_{\mu }$
• Partial wave analysis of $J/\psi \to \gamma \eta \eta$
• An amplitude analysis of the ${\pi }^0{\pi }^0$ system produced in radiative $J/\psi$ decays
• The electromagnetic form factors of the $\Lambda$ in the timelike region
• Luminosity measurements for the R scan experiment at BESIII
• Pionic transitions from X(3872) to chi_{cJ}
• Precision measurements of $B(D^{+}\to {\mu }^{+}{\nu }_{\mu })$, the pseudoscalar decay constant $f_{D^{+}}$, and the quark mixing matrix element $|V_{\mathrm{cd}}|$
• Observation of an anomalous line shape of the ${\eta }^{\prime }{\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}$ mass spectrum near the $p\bar{p}$ mass threshold in $J/\psi \to \gamma {\eta }^{\prime }{\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}$
• Study of $\psi (3686)\to {\pi }^0{h}_c,h_c\to \gamma {\eta }_c$ via ${\eta }_c$ exclusive decays
• Analysis of $D^{+}\to {\bar{K}}^0{e}^{+}{\nu }_e$ and $D^{+}\to {\pi }^0{e}^{+}{\nu }_e$ Semileptonic Decays
• Measurement of the Branching Fraction For the Semi-Leptonic Decays $D^{0(+)}\to {\pi }^{-(0)}{\mu }^{+}{\nu }_{\mu }$ and Test of Lepton Flavor Universality
• Improved measurement of the absolute branching fraction of $D^{+}\to {\bar{K}}^0{\mu }^{+}{\nu }_{\mu }$
• Dalitz plot distributions in presence of triangle singularities
• Cusps and Exotic Charmonia
• Heavy to Light Meson Exclusive Semileptonic Decays in Effective Field Theory of Heavy Quark
• Study of the $D^0\to K^{-}{\mu }^{+}{\nu }_{\mu }$ dynamics and test of lepton flavor universality with $D^0\to K^{-}{\ell }^{+}{\nu }_{\ell }$ decays
• On the Nature of X(4260)
• Observation of the decay $X(3872)\to {\pi }^0{\chi }_{c1}(1P)$
• First measurement of the form factors in $D_s^{+}\to K^0{e}^{+}{\nu }_e$ and $D_s^{+}\to K^{\ast 0}{e}^{+}{\nu }_e$ decays
• Precision Measurement of the Mass of the $\tau$ Lepton
• Study of $D^{+}\to K^{-}{\pi }^{+}{e}^{+}{\nu }_e$
• Search for flavour-changing neutral current top-quark decays $t\to qZ$ in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
• Extraction of $|V_{cd}|$ and $|V_{cs}|$ from experimental decay rates using lattice QCD $D\to \pi (K)\ell \nu$ form factors
• Observation of a Fine Structure in $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to$ hadrons Production at the Nucleon-antinucleon Threshold
• Observation of the Semileptonic Decay $D^0\to a_0(980{)}^{-}{e}^{+}{\nu }_e$ and Evidence for $D^{+}\to a_0(980{)}^0{e}^{+}{\nu }_e$
• Determination of the pseudoscalar decay constant $f_{D_s^{+}}$ via $D_s^{+}\to {\mu }^{+}{\nu }_{\mu }$
• Analysis Tools for Next-Generation Hadron Spectroscopy Experiments
• Observation of $D^{+}\to f_0(500)e^{+}{\nu }_e$ and Improved Measurements of $D\to \rho e^{+}{\nu }_e$
• Observation of $a_0^0(980)$-$f_0(980)$ Mixing
• Study of resonant structure around 1.8 GeV/$c^2$ and $\eta (1405)$ in $J/\psi \to \omega \eta {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}$
• On relativization of the Sommerfeld-Gamow-Sakharov factor
• Measurement of the anti-B ---> D* pi lepton anti-neutrino(lepton) Branching Fraction
• Observation of a structure at 1.84 GeV/c${}^2$ in the $3({\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-})$ mass spectrum in $J/\psi \to \gamma 3({\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-})$ decays
• Lattice Study of Radiative $J/\psi$ Decay to a Tensor Glueball
• Study of $J/\psi \to \omega p\bar{p}$ at BESIII
• Decay $D\to K^{(\ast )}{\ell }^{+}{\nu }_{\ell }$ in covariant quark model
• Study of the decay $D^0\to {\bar{K}}^0{\pi }^{-}{e}^{+}{\nu }_e$
• Measurements of the branching fractions for the semi-leptonic decays $D_s^{+}\to \varphi e^{+}{\nu }_e$, $\varphi {\mu }^{+}{\nu }_{\mu }$, $\eta {\mu }^{+}{\nu }_{\mu }$ and ${\eta }^{\prime }{\mu }^{+}{\nu }_{\mu }$
• The upgrade system of BESIII ETOF with MRPC technology
• Measurements of the absolute branching fractions for $D_s^{+}\to \eta e^{+}{\nu }_e$ and $D_s^{+}\to {\eta }^{\prime }{e}^{+}{\nu }_e$
• Study of the Process $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}{\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}$ IN THE C.M. Energy Range 920--1060 MeV with the CMD-3 Detector
• Study of $J/\psi \to p\bar{p}\varphi$ at BESIII
• B- and D-meson leptonic decay constants and quark masses from four-flavor lattice QCD
• HFLAV input to the update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics

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• Colloquium: Hadron Production in Open-charm Meson Pair at $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ Collider
• Probing new physics scenarios of muon $g-2$ via $J/\psi$ decay at BESIII
• Simulation study of BESIII with stitched CMOS pixel detector using ACTS
• One-to-one correspondence reconstruction at the electron-positron Higgs factory
• Contribution of the non-resonant mechanism to the double and single differential distributions over the invariant variables in the reaction $e^{+}+e^{-}\to N+\bar{N}+{\pi }^0$
• Is ${\chi }_{c1}(3872)$ generated from string breaking?
• Methodology to determine the spin-parity of muon-philic $X$ boson in $J/\psi \to {\mu }^{-}{\mu }^{+}X$ decay
• Semileptonic decays of heavy mesons with artificial neural networks
• Coupled-channel meson-meson scattering in the diabatic framework
• Search for $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to \varphi {\chi }_{c0}$ and $\varphi {\eta }_{c2}(1D)$ at center-of-mass energies from 4.47 to 4.95 GeV