arXiv · 2605.26495
Observation of the $X(2370)$ in $J/\psi\rightarrow\gamma K^{0}_{S}K^{0}_{S}\pi^{0}$ and $J/\psi\rightarrow\gamma \pi^{0}\pi^{0}\eta$
Abstract
Based on $(10087\pm44)\times10^{6}$ $J/\psi$ events collected with the BESIII detector, the $J/\psi\rightarrow\gamma K^{0}_{S}K^{0}_{S}\pi^{0}$ and $J/\psi\rightarrow\gamma \pi^{0}\pi^{0}\eta$ processes are studied. The $X(2370)$ is observed in both the $K^{0}_{S}K^{0}_{S}\pi^{0}$ and $\pi^{0}\pi^{0}\eta$ invariant mass spectra, with statistical significances greater than $14\sigma$ and $20\sigma$, respectively. By combining measurements from these processes with those from the previously reported $J/\psi\rightarrow\gamma K^{0}_{S}K^{0}_{S}\eta^{\prime}$ process, the mass and width of the $X(2370)$ are determined to be $2359^{+13}_{-14}~\text{MeV}/c^{2}$ and $170^{+44}_{-29}~\text{MeV}$, respectively. In addition, the decay $X(2370)\to a_{0}(980)^{0}\pi^{0}$ with $a_{0}(980)^{0}\to \pi^{0}\eta$ is observed with a statistical significance exceeding $9\sigma$. The properties of the $X(2370)$\textemdash decay pattern similarities to that of $\eta_{c}$, are consistent with those of a pseudoscalar glueball.
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BESIII Collaboration, M. Ablikim, M. N. Achasov, P. Adlarson, X. C. Ai, C. S. Akondi, R. Aliberti, A. Amoroso, Q. An, Y. H. An, M. S. Anderson, Y. Bai, O. Bakina, H. R. Bao, X. L. Bao, M. Barbagiovanni, V. Batozskaya, K. Begzsuren, N. Berger, M. Berlowski, M. B. Bertani, D. Bettoni, F. Bianchi, E. Bianco, A. Bortone, I. Boyko, R. A. Briere, A. Brueggemann, D. Cabiati, H. Cai, M. H. Cai, X. Cai, A. Calcaterra, G. F. Cao, N. Cao, S. A. Cetin, X. Y. Chai, J. F. Chang, T. T. 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. M. Chen, T. Chen, W. Chen, X. R. Chen, X. T. Chen, X. Y. Chen, Y. B. Chen, Y. Q. Chen, Z. K. Chen, J. Cheng, L. N. Cheng, S. K. Choi, X. Chu, G. Cibinetto, F. Cossio, J. Cottee-Meldrum, H. L. Dai, J. P. Dai, X. C. Dai, A. Dbeyssi, R. E. de Boer, D. Dedovich, C. Q. Deng, Z. Y. Deng, A. Denig, I. Denisenko, M. Destefanis, F. De Mori, E. Di Fiore, X. X. Ding, Y. Ding, Y. X. Ding, J. Dong, L. Y. Dong, M. Y. Dong, X. Dong, Z. J. Dong, M. C. Du, S. X. Du, Shaoxu Du, X. L. Du, Y. Q. Du, Y. Y. Duan, Z. H. Duan, P. Egorov, G. F. Fan, J. J. Fan, Y. H. Fan, J. Fang, Jin Fang, S. S. Fang, W. X. Fang. 2026-05-26. Observation of the $X(2370)$ in $J/\psi\rightarrow\gamma K^{0}_{S}K^{0}_{S}\pi^{0}$ and $J/\psi\rightarrow\gamma \pi^{0}\pi^{0}\eta$. https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1137/ae8acd
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