Slide 2 S.Olsen CUSeeMe 4/12/96 psi'-->k1(1270)^+ k^- +cc and k1(1400)^+ k^- + cc Here k1(1400) = K_a cos\theta - K_b sin\theta <--theta near 45 deg k1(1270) = K_a sin\theta + K_b cos\theta (mixing near maximal) and k_a = k1(1400) cos\theta + k1(1270) sin\theta k_b = -k1(1400) sin\theta + k1(1270) cos\theta Br(k1(1270)-->krho) = 42% -->k*pi 44% ; Br(k1(1400)-->k*pi) = 92 % psi'-->K_b k is SU(3)-allowed psi'-->K_a k violates SU(3) If only K_b k, expect roughly equal k1(1270) and k1(1400) ANALYSIS -Use psi'-->k+k-pi+pi- selected events chisq<12. m_pipi<2.4 1.05>m_kk<3.0 veto events where k's are unambiguously identified as pions i/e pion_wt/(pi_wt + k_wt) <0.1 rho cut: |m_pipi - 0.77|<0.15 kstr cut: |m_kpi - 0.896|<0.05 form k rho mass distribution Fig 4c kstr pi " " Fig 4f -Fit k rho mass distribution two ways: i) WMD-inspired line shape for k1(1270)-->k rho + f_bkg (as before) Nevts = 65.7 +/- 12.7 <--background overestimated? Fig 5 ii) " + BW["k*(1680)"]<--Mass around 1.7 Width " 0.3 Nevts = 86.1 +/- 12.1 <---background underestimated? Fig 6 use avg of i) & ii) and include difference in syst error -MC acceptance for k1-->k rho = 0.127 +/- 0.005 " " k1-->k* pi = 0.088 +/- 0.006 <--in spite of rho cut ******************************************************************* * Br(psi'-->k1(1270)+ k- +cc) = (0.64 +/- 0.10 +/- 0.13) x 10^{-3}* ******************************************************************* PDG has no entry for J/psi