Measurements of the branching fractions for J/psi and psi(2S) -> Lambda Lambdabar pi0 and Lambda Lambdabar eta

Abstract

We report on a study of the isospin-violating and conserving decays of the J/psi and psi(2S) charmonium state to Lambda Lambdabar pi0 and Lambda Lambdabar eta, respectively. The data are based on 225 million J/psi and 106 million psi(2S) events that were collected with the BESIII detector. The most accurate measurement of the branching fraction of the isospin-violating process J/psi ->Lambda Lambdabar pi0 is obtained, and the isospin-conserving processes J/psi ->Lambda Lambdabar eta and psi(2S) ->Lambda Lambdabar eta are observed for the first time. The branching fractions are measured to be B(J/psi ->Lambda Lambdabar pi0) = (3.78+-0.27stat)+-0.29sys)10^-5; B(J/psi ->Lambda Lambdabar eta) = (15.7+-0.79stat+-1.52sys)10^-5 and B(psi(2S) ->Lambda Lambdabar eta)= (2.47+-0.34stat+-0.19sys)10^-5. No significant signal events are observed for psi(2S) ->Lambda Lambdabar pi0 decay resulting in an upper limit of the branching fraction of B(psi(2S) ->Lambda Lambdabar pi0) < 0.29X10^-5 at the 90% confidence level. The two-body decay of J/psi-> Sigma(1385)^0 Lambdabar + c.c. is searched for, and the upper limit is B(J/psi-> Sigma(1385)^0 Lambdabar + c.c.) < 0.81X 10^-5 at the 90% confidence level.