Search for Charmonium(-like) states decaying into the ${\Omega }^{-}{\bar{\Omega }}^{+}$ final states

Abstract

Recently, the BESIII experiment performed a measurement of the energy-dependent Born cross section and the effective form factor for the $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to {\Omega }^{-}{\bar{\Omega }}^{+}$ reaction at center-of-mass energies ranging from 3.4 to 4.7 GeV. A fit to the energy dependence of the dressed cross section is performed. With the assumption of a charmonium (like) resonance [i.e., $\psi (3770)$, $\psi (4040)$, $\psi (4160)$, $Y(4230)$, $Y(4360)$, $\psi (4415)$, or $Y(4660)$] plus a power-law function, the fit is applied to the data from the recent BESIII measurement, which was additionally combined with previous CLEO-c measurement data. No significance is found. The products of the branching fraction and the two electronic partial widths for the assumed charmonium(-like) states decaying into the ${\Omega }^{-}{\bar{\Omega }}^{+}$ final states are also provided. In addition, by taking the world average values of the electronic branching fraction, the branching fractions for $\psi (3770)$, $\psi (4040)$, $\psi (4160)$, $\psi (4415)$ decaying into ${\Omega }^{-}{\bar{\Omega }}^{+}$ final states at the 90\% confidence level are determined for the first time. These are found to be at least an order of magnitude larger than expected from predictions using a scaling based on the observed electronic widths.

8 pages, 4 figures, Consistent with the publication in Nuclear Physics B 2026, 1025, 117388

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