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psi3770

psi(3770), designated ψ(3770), is a charmonium resonance, a bound state of a charm quark and its antiquark, with quantum numbers J^PC = 1^−−. It lies just above the open-charm threshold, at a mass near 3.773 GeV, and is the lowest-lying charmonium state above D meson pair production. Its total width is about 27 MeV, which is relatively narrow for a resonance above threshold.

Because its mass exceeds the threshold for D D̄ production, ψ(3770) decays predominantly into a pair of

Most of the ψ(3770) is interpreted as the 1^3D1 charmonium state, with some possible mixing with the

ψ(3770) is produced in electron–positron annihilation, notably at e+e− colliders operated near 3.77 GeV, such as

Together with other charmonium states, ψ(3770) contributes to the charmonium spectrum that helps map quark–antiquark bound

charm
mesons,
D0
D̄0
and
D+
D−.
A
smaller
fraction
decays
into
non–DD̄
final
states,
including
light
hadrons;
the
precise
non–DD̄
branching
fraction
has
been
the
subject
of
experimental
study.
nearby
2^3S1
level.
The
exact
composition
is
a
topic
of
ongoing
spectroscopy
analyses.
BEPCII
(BESIII)
and
previously
CESR
(CLEO-c).
Because
it
decays
mainly
to
DD̄,
it
serves
as
a
clean
source
of
D
mesons
for
determinations
of
absolute
branching
fractions,
decay
constants,
and
studies
of
charm
hadron
decays,
as
well
as
tests
of
nonperturbative
QCD
in
heavy
quark
systems.
states
and
refine
potential
models
and
lattice
QCD
predictions.