Measurement of the ratio of the leptonic widths $\Gamma_{ee}/\Gamma_{\mu\mu}$ for the $J/\psi$ meson

Abstract

The ratio of the electron and muon widths of the $J/\psi$ meson has been measured using direct $J/\psi$ decays in the KEDR experiment at the VEPP-4M electron-positron collider. The result $\Gamma_{ee}(J/\psi)/\Gamma_{\mu\mu}(J/\psi)=1.0022\pm0.0044\pm0.0048\ (0.65\%)$ is in good agreement with the lepton universality. The experience collected during this analysis will be used for a $J/\psi$ lepton width determination with up to 1% accuracy.