Study of e+e- →π+π-π0 at s from 2.00 to 3.08 GeV at BESIII

With the data samples taken at center-of-mass energies from 2.00 to 3.08 GeV with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, a partial wave analysis on the e+e-→π+π-π0 process is performed. The Born cross sections for e+e-→π+π-π0 and its intermediate processes e+e-→ρπ and ρ(1450)π are measured as functions of s. The results for e+e-→π+π-π0 are consistent with previous results measured with the initial state radiation method within one standard deviation, and improve the uncertainty by a factor of ten. By fitting the line shapes of the Born cross sections for the e+e-→ρπ and e+e-→ρ(1450)π, a structure with mass M=2119±11±15 MeV/c2 and width Γ=69±30±5 MeV is observed with a significance of 5.9σ, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second ones are systematic. This structure can be interpreted as an excited ω state. © 2024 authors. Published by the American Physical Society. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.