Search for the radiative decay $D^+_s \to \gamma \rho(770)^+$

Abstract

Using 7.33 fb$^{-1}$ of $e^+e^-$ collision data samples collected with the BESIII detector at center-of-mass energies between 4.128 and 4.226 GeV, we search for the radiative decay $D_s^+\to\gamma\rho(770)^+$ for the first time. A hint of $D_s^+\to\gamma\rho(770)^+$ is observed with a statistical significance of 2.5$\sigma$. %Our data contains a signal of this decay with a statistical significance of 2.5$\sigma$. %No obvious signals are found with the current statistics. The upper limits of the branching fraction for $D_s^+\to\gamma\rho(770)^+$ is set to be $\mathcal{B}(D^+_s\to \gamma\rho(770)^+) < 6.1\times$10$^{-4}$. The branching fraction of $D_s^+\to\gamma\rho(770)^+$ is measured to be $(2.2\pm0.9_{\rm stat.}\pm0.2_{\rm syst.})\times10^{-4}$, corresponding to an upper limit of $6.1\times$10$^{-4}$ at the $90\%$ confidence level.