Evidence for the decay $Υ(4S) \to Υ(1S) π^{+} π^{-} $

Abstract

A study of transitions between $Υ$ states with the emission of charged pions using 398 fb$^{-1}$ of data collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric energy $e^+e^-$ collider is presented. A clear peak from the decay $Υ(1S)\toμ^+μ^-$ is observed in the invariant mass distribution of $(μ^+ μ^-)$ pairs from the $(μ^+ μ^- π^+ π^- X)$ event sample. The mass difference distribution ($M_{μ^+μ^-π^+π^-}-M_{μ^+μ^-}$) for $M_{μ^+μ^-}$ from the $Υ(1S)$ mass region has two peaks from $Υ(2S,3S)\to Υ(1S)π^+π^-$ decays, with no background. A third peak at $ΔM = (1119.0\pm 1.4)$~MeV/$c^2$ can be interpreted as evidence of a signal from the decay $Υ(4S)\to Υ(1S)π^+π^-$ with a subsequent $ Υ(1S) \to μ^+ μ^-$ transition. This is the first example of a non-$B \bar{B}$ decay of the $Υ(4S)$ resonance. The preliminary estimated branching fraction is equal to $\mathcal{B}(Υ(4S)\to Υ(1S)π^+π^-) = (1.1 \pm 0.2(\mathrm{stat.}) \pm 0.4(\mathrm{sys.}))\times 10^{-4}.$