In the present work, we perform a combined analysis of the cross sections for $$e^+ e^- \rightarrow K^+ K^-$$ and $$e^+ e^- \rightarrow K_S^0 K_L^0$$ by including the interference between direct coupling process and resonance intermediate process. When setting the isospin factor as a free parameter, we can well reproduce the structures in the cross sections for $$e^+ e^- \rightarrow K^+ K^-$$ and $$e^+ e^- \rightarrow K_S^0 K_L^0,$$ however, the isospin factor deviates with the isospin symmetry conservation predicted value of one. By fixing the isospin factor to be one, we find the cross sections for $$e^+ e^-\rightarrow K^+ K^-$$ can be accurately fitted, while the same model parameters fail to adequately reproduce the observed cross section for the process $$e^+ e^- \rightarrow K_S^0 K_L^0,$$ which indicate that there should be contributions from other vector meson states, such as $$\rho (2150)$$ and $$\omega (2220).$$ The combined analysis with $$\phi (2170),$$ $$\omega (2220)$$ and $$\rho (2150)$$ indicate that the inclusion of $$\rho (2150)$$ can improve the descriptions of the cross sections for $$e^+ e^-\rightarrow K^+ K^-$$ and $$e^+ e^- \rightarrow K_S^0 K_L^0.$$

China

Dian-Yong Chen

Jing Liu

Yu Bai

Chun-Hua Liu

Wen-Biao Yan

Zhao-Xia Meng

A combined analysis of $\textit{Y}$(2240) in the $$e^+ e^- \rightarrow K^+ K^-$$ and $$e^+ e^- \rightarrow K_S^0 K_L^0$$ processes

The proposed <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup></math> collider offers an ideal environment for precise estimation of Higgs boson properties which are of utmost importance to validate the Standard Model of particle physics. We investigate <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>h</mi><mi>V</mi><mi>V</mi></math> couplings, where <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>V</mi><mo>∈</mo><mo stretchy="false">{</mo><mi>Z</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>γ</mi><mo stretchy="false">}</mo></math> with single Higgs production associated with <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>Z</mi></math> boson at the proposed <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup></math> machine with <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msqrt><mi>s</mi></msqrt><mo>=</mo><mn>250</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>GeV</mi></math>, within the Standard Model effective field theory framework. We employ the recoil mass of the dilepton system, to select the signal phase space, i.e, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>Z</mi><mi>h</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msup><mi>l</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><msup><mi>l</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mi>b</mi><mover accent="true"><mi>b</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover></math> events. The constraints on the Wilson coefficients (WCs) are obtained using the optimal observable technique. On comparison with the current experimental limits at 68% CL with <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>138</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><msup><mi>fb</mi><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></math> luminosity, our limits are tighter by a factor ranging from 1.5–10 for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mi>C</mi><mi>P</mi></mrow></math>-even operators, while <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mi>C</mi><mi>P</mi></mrow></math>-odd WCs shows comparable limits.

India

Subhaditya Bhattacharya

Amir Subba

Abhik Sarkar

Optimal estimation of Higgs-gauge boson couplings at the future <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup></math> colliders

The proposed Large Hadron electron Collider (LHeC), with a center-of-mass energy of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msqrt><mi>s</mi></msqrt><mo>≈</mo><mn>1.3</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>TeV</mi></math>, provides a clean and sensitive environment to probe the top quark’s neutral current interactions with the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>Z</mi></math> boson via <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mi>p</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mi>t</mi><mover accent="true"><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover></math>. We investigate the precision with which the Standard Model (SM) <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>t</mi><mover accent="true"><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><mi>Z</mi></math> couplings—the vector and axial-vector components (<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi><msub><mi>C</mi><mrow><mn>1</mn><mi>V</mi></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi><msub><mi>C</mi><mrow><mn>1</mn><mi>A</mi></mrow></msub></math>) can be measured, along with possible new physics effects parametrized by higher-dimensional operators inducing weak electric and magnetic dipolelike interactions (<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>C</mi><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>V</mi></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>C</mi><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>A</mi></mrow></msub></math>). Focusing on the semileptonic decay channel, where either the top quark decays leptonically to a positively charged lepton (<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mo>ℓ</mo><mo>+</mo></msup><mo>=</mo><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><mo>,</mo><msup><mi>μ</mi><mo>+</mo></msup></math>) and the antitop hadronically, or vice versa, we utilize the azimuthal angle difference <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi><msub><mi>ϕ</mi><mrow><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><msup><mo>ℓ</mo><mo>±</mo></msup></mrow></msub></math> between the scattered electron and the charged lepton <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mo>ℓ</mo><mo>±</mo></msup></math> as the key observable to derive projected constraints. Using a one-parameter multibin <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>χ</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></math> analysis of the differential <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi><msub><mi>ϕ</mi><mrow><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><msup><mo>ℓ</mo><mo>±</mo></msup></mrow></msub></math> distribution, the constraints on <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi><msub><mi>C</mi><mrow><mn>1</mn><mi>A</mi></mrow></msub></math> improve from <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="script">O</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math> at <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>50</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><msup><mi>fb</mi><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></math> to <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="script">O</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math> at <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>1000</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><msup><mi>fb</mi><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></math>, while the improvement for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi><msub><mi>C</mi><mrow><mn>1</mn><mi>V</mi></mrow></msub></math> remains within the same order of magnitude, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="script">O</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math>. These results correspond to average relative precisions of approximately 8% and 68%, respectively, with respect to their SM values. The anomalous tensor couplings <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>C</mi><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>V</mi></mrow></msub></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>C</mi><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>A</mi></mrow></msub></math> are constrained at the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="script">O</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math> level even at low luminosity and improve moderately with increasing luminosity. While the two-parameter analysis broadens the allowed regions due to parameter correlations, it maintains competitive sensitivity, particularly for the SM-like couplings. Throughout, we assume a systematic uncertainty of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>δ</mi><mi>s</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>5</mn><mo>%</mo></math> in all analyses, and all results are quoted at the 95% confidence level. These results demonstrate the LHeC’s potential to provide complementary and competitive sensitivity to top-<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>Z</mi></math> couplings compared to current and future hadron and lepton collider capabilities.

South Africa

Katlego Machethe

Pramod Sharma

Mukesh Kumar

Brazil

Rafiqul Rahaman

Bruce Mellado

Analyzing <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>t</mi><mover accent="true"><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><mi>Z</mi></math>-couplings at the future <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mi>p</mi></math> collider

We discuss confinement and chiral symmetry breaking in <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mi>SU</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math> gauge theories with fermions in the adjoint representation. There has been considerable work on studying these theories compactified on a small circle (with compactification scale <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><mi>L</mi></math> large relative to the strong coupling scale of the theory). The weakly coupled IR theory of photons exhibits confinement through a density of magnetically charged instanton configurations. As the compactification scale <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><mi>L</mi></math> approaches the strong coupling scale, the IR theory becomes strongly coupled. In this regime we propose a holographic description of the IR degrees of freedom. The instanton condensation scale can be associated with a scale at which the Brietenlohner-Freedman (BF) bound is violated in the model and the glueball spectrum is computed. We can also introduce the adjoint fermions which holographically display a BF bound violation associated with their running anomalous dimension. Very naively extending the perturbative results to the nonperturbative regime suggests that chiral symmetry breaking might occur ahead of confinement, but equally they may be joined phenomena. If the two phenomena are separate, then it would be useful to be able to enlarge the gap in scales. We propose adding fermions in the fundamental representation as well, which in a holographic model (that favors this separation) can greatly enlarge the gap to an order of magnitude. These results challenge the lattice community to seek such scale gaps (or their absence) to further understand the confining and chiral symmetry breaking dynamics.

United Kingdom

Anja Alfano

Nick Evans

Wanxiang Fan

Holography for QCD with fermionic matter in the adjoint and fundamental representations

We investigate the relationship between thermodynamic phase transitions and the Lyapunov exponent of charged regular anti-de Sitter black holes in quasi-topological gravity. Our results show that the Lyapunov exponent displays multivalued behavior during phase transitions. Moreover, along the coexistence curve the Lyapunov exponent changes discontinously and continuously at the critical point. Near the critical point, the Lyapunov exponent follows a power-law behavior with a critical exponent of 1/2, suggesting its role as an order parameter and encodes information on black hole phase transitions.

Hao Xie

Si-Jiang Yang

Probing phase transitions of regular black holes in anti-de Sitter space with Lyapunov exponent

We consider soft graviton scattering for a theory where Einstein’s gravity is minimally coupled to a scalar field in the presence of a cosmological constant, i.e. in a background de Sitter space. Employing a perturbative expansion in a small cosmological constant, we compute leading, subleading and sub-subleading corrections to Weinberg’s soft graviton amplitude for the tree-level scatterings in the static patch of de Sitter space. We observe similar universal features of the soft graviton amplitude as found in (2023) 055 for the soft photons.

Divyesh Solanki

Pratik Chattopadhyay

Srijit Bhattacharjee

Perturbative soft graviton theorems in de Sitter spacetime

We perform the first computation of phase-transition parameters to cubic order in $ \lambda\sim m^2/T^2 $ , where $\textit{m}$ is the scalar mass and $\textit{T}$ is the temperature, in a simple model resembling the Higgs sector of the SMEFT. We use dimensional reduction, including 1-loop matching corrections for terms of dimension 6 (in 4-dimensional units), 2-loop contributions for dimension-4 ones and 3-loops for the squared mass. We precisely quantify the size of the different corrections, including renormalization-group running as well as quantum effects from light fields in the effective theory provided by the Coleman-Weinberg potential, and discuss briefly the implications for gravitational waves. Our results suggest that, for strong phase transitions, 1-loop corrections from dimension-6 operators can compete with 2-loop ones from quartic couplings and largely surpass those from 3-loop thermal masses.

Spain

Mikael Chala

Luis Gil

Zhe Ren

Phase transitions in dimensional reduction up to three loops * Supported by MCIN/AEI (10.13039/501100011033) and ERDF (grants PID2021-128396NB-I00 and PID2022-139466NB-C22), from the Junta de Andalucía grants FQM 101 and P21-00199 and from Consejería de Universidad, Investigación e Innovación, Gobierno de España and Unión Europea – NextGenerationEU under grants AST22 6.5 and CNS2022-136024. MC and LG are further supported by the RyC and FPU programs under contract numbers RYC2019-027155-I and FPU23/02026, respectively.

Based on a sample of $2.7\times10^{9}$ $\psi(3686)$ events collected by the BESIII detector operating at the BEPCII collider, the decay $\psi(3686)\to\gamma\chi_{cJ}, \chi_{cJ}\to\eta\eta\eta^{\prime}$ is analyzed. The decay modes $\chi_{c1}$ and $\chi_{c2}\to\eta\eta\eta^{\prime}$ are observed for the first time, and their corresponding branching fractions are determined to be ${\cal{B}}(\chi_{c1}\to\eta\eta\eta^{\prime}) = $ $ (1.40\, \pm 0.13\, (\text{stat.}) \pm 0.09\, (\text{sys.})) \times 10^{-4}$ and ${\cal{B}}(\chi_{c2}\to\eta\eta\eta^{\prime}) = (4.18\, \pm 0.84\, (\text{stat.}) \pm 0.48\, (\text{sys.})) \times 10^{-5}$ . An upper limit on the branching fraction of $\chi_{c0}\to\eta\eta\eta^{\prime}$ is set as $2.59 \times 10^{-5}$ at a 90% confidence level (CL). A partial wave analysis (PWA) of the decay $\chi_{c1}\to\eta\eta\eta^{\prime}$ is performed to search for the $1^{-+}$ exotic state $\eta_1(1855)$ . The PWA result indicates that the structure in the $\eta\eta^{\prime}$ mass spectrum is attributed to $f_0(1500)$ , while in the $\eta\eta$ mass spectrum, it is attributed to the $0^{++}$ phase space. The upper limit of ${\cal{B}}(\chi_{c1}\to\eta_{1}(1855)\eta) \cdot {\cal{B}}(\eta_{1}(1855)\to\eta\eta^{\prime}) \lt $ $ 9.79 \times 10^{-5}$ is set based on the PWA at 90% CL.

M. Ablikim

Russia

M.N. Achasov

Sweden

P. Adlarson

X.C. Ai

Germany

R. Aliberti

Italy

A. Amoroso

Q. An

Y. Bai

O. Bakina

Y. Ban

H.R. Bao

Poland

V. Batozskaya

Mongolia

K. Begzsuren

N. Berger

M. Berlowski

M. Bertani

D. Bettoni

F. Bianchi

E. Bianco

A. Bortone

I. Boyko

United States

R.A. Briere

A. Brueggemann

H. Cai

M.H. Cai

X. Cai

A. Calcaterra

G.F. Cao

N. Cao

Türkiye

S.A. Cetin

X.Y. Chai

J.F. Chang

G.R. Che

Y.Z. Che

C.H. Chen

Chao Chen

G. Chen

H.S. Chen

H.Y. Chen

M.L. Chen

S.J. Chen

S.L. Chen

S.M. Chen

T. Chen

X.R. Chen

X.T. Chen

X.Y. Chen

Y.B. Chen

Y.Q. Chen

Z. Chen

Z.J. Chen

Z.K. Chen

S.K. Choi

X. Chu

G. Cibinetto

F. Cossio

J. Cottee-Meldrum

J.J. Cui

H.L. Dai

J.P. Dai

A. Dbeyssi

R.E. de Boer

D. Dedovich

C.Q. Deng

Z.Y. Deng

A. Denig

I. Denysenko

M. Destefanis

F. De Mori

B. Ding

X.X. Ding

Y. Ding

Y.X. Ding

J. Dong

L.Y. Dong

M.Y. Dong

X. Dong

M.C. Du

S.X. Du

Y.Y. Duan

P. Egorov

G.F. Fan

J.J. Fan

Y.H. Fan

J. Fang

S.S. Fang

W.X. Fang

Y.Q. Fang

R. Farinelli

L. Fava

F. Feldbauer

G. Felici

C.Q. Feng

J.H. Feng

L. Feng

Q.X. Feng

Search for $\textit{η}$ $_{1}$(1855) in $\textit{χ}$ $\textit{cJ}$ → $\textit{ηηη}$′ decays * Supported in part by National Key R&D Program of China (2023YFA1606000, 2023YFA1606704); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (11635010, 11935015, 11935016, 11935018, 12025502, 12035009, 12035013, 12061131003, 12192260, 12192261, 12192262, 12192263, 12192264, 12192265, 12221005, 12225509, 12235017, 12361141819); the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Large-Scale Scientific Facility Program; CAS (YSBR-101); 100 Talents Program of CAS; The Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPAC) and Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology; Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo de Chile (ANID), Chile (ANID PIA/APOYO AFB230003); German Research Foundation DFG (FOR5327); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy; Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (2021.0174, 2021.0299); Ministry of Development of Turkey (DPT2006K-120470); National Research Foundation of Korea ( NRF-2022R1A2C1092335); National Science and Technology fund of Mongolia; National Science Research and Innovation Fund (NSRF) via the Program Management Unit for Human Resources Institutional Development, Research and Innovation of Thailand ( B50G670107); Polish National Science Centre (2024/53/B/ST2/00975); Swedish Research Council (2019.04595); U. S. Department of Energy (DE-FG02-05ER41374)

We study the pole trajectory of the recently established subthreshold negative-parity nucleon pole, namely the $N^*(920)$ , with varying pion masses in the scheme of linear $\textit{σ}$ model with nucleons, using the $N/D$ unitarization method. We find that, as the pion mass increases, the pole moves toward the real axis. For larger pion masses, at tree level, the pole falls to a specific point on $\textit{u}$-channel cut and crosses to the adjacent Riemann sheet defined by the logarithmic $\textit{u-}$channel cut. At the one-loop level, the pole does not meet the $\textit{u}$-cut up to $m_\pi=0.36$ GeV. We also re-examined the $\textit{σ}$ pole trajectory and found it to be in good agreement with the Roy equation analysis result.

Qu-Zhi Li

Zhiguang Xiao

Han-Qing Zheng

On the pole trajectory of the subthreshold negative parity nucleon with varying pion masses * Supported by China National Natural Science Foundation (12335002, 12375078). This work is also supported by “the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities”

Based on <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup></math> annihilation data collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, searches for the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msub><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi><mi>c</mi></msub><msub><mover accent="true"><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><mi>c</mi></msub></math> (<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msubsup><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi><mi>c</mi><mo>+</mo></msubsup><msubsup><mover accent="true"><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><mi>c</mi><mo>−</mo></msubsup></math>, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msubsup><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msubsup><msubsup><mrow><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mrow></mover></mrow><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math>, and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msubsup><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo><mo>+</mo></mrow></msubsup><msubsup><mrow><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mrow></mover></mrow><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mo>−</mo></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math>) processes, as well as for the process <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msubsup><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi><mi>c</mi><mo>+</mo></msubsup><msubsup><mover accent="true"><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><mi>c</mi><mo>−</mo></msubsup></math>, are conducted for the first time at <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msqrt><mi>s</mi></msqrt><mo>=</mo><mn>4.750</mn></math>, 4.781, 4.843, 4.918, and 4.951 GeV. As no signals are observed for all the above channels, the upper limits on their Born cross sections at the 90% confidence level are reported. The obtained upper limits of cross sections for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msub><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi><mi>c</mi></msub><msub><mover accent="true"><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><mi>c</mi></msub></math> are more than 2 orders of magnitude smaller than those for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msubsup><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi><mi>c</mi><mo>+</mo></msubsup><msubsup><mover accent="true"><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><mi>c</mi><mo>−</mo></msubsup></math> near the threshold. In contrast, such suppression is absent in hyperon pair production (<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>+</mo></msup><msup><mi>e</mi><mo>−</mo></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi><mover accent="true"><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi><mover accent="true"><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover></math>), suggesting distinct underlying dynamics in charmed baryon production.

JINR

G. Chelkov

South Korea

Z.H. Duan

Measurements of the cross sections of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>e</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup><msup><mrow><mi>e</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msup><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><msub><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow></msub><msub><mrow><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mrow></mover></mrow><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msubsup><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msubsup><msubsup><mrow><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mrow></mover></mrow><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math> near kinematic thresholds