Measurements of Branching Ratios for $η$ Decays into Charged Particles
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P. Adlarson, W. Augustyniak, W. Bardan, M. Bashkanov, F. S. Bergmann, M. Berłowski, H. Bhatt, A. Bondar, M. Büscher, H. Calén
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I. Ciepał, H. Clement, D. Coderre, E. Czerwiński, K. Demmich, R. Engels, A. Erven, W. Erven, W. Eyrich, P. Fedorets, K. Föhl, K. Fransson, F. Goldenbaum, A. Goswami, K. Grigoryev, C. -O. Gullström, L. Heijkenskjöld, V. Hejny, N. Hüsken, L. Jarczyk, T. Johansson, B. Kamys, G. Kemmerling, F. A. Khan
/ Abstract
The WASA-at-COSY experiment has collected $3\times10^{7}$ events with $η$-mesons produced via the reaction $pd\rightarrow{^{3}\textrm{He}}η$ at $\textrm{T} = 1.0 \textrm{GeV}$. Using this data set, we evaluate the branching ratios of the decays $η\toπ^{+}π^{-}γ$, $η\to e^{+}e^{-}γ$, $η\toπ^{+}π^{-}e^{+}e^{-}$ and $η\to e^{+}e^{-}e^{+}e^{-}$. The branching ratios are normalized to the $η\rightarrowπ^{+}π^{-}π^{0}$ decay. In addition an upper limit on a $CP$-violating asymmetry in $η\rightarrow π^{+}π^{-}e^{+}e^{-}$ is extracted.