Ablikim, M.Achasov, M. N.Adlarson, P.Albrecht, M.Aliberti, R.Amoroso, A.Çetin, Serkant Ali2024-05-192024-05-1920232470-00102470-0029https://doi.org10.1103/PhysRevD.107.052007https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12713/5802The decay eta(c)(2S) -> pi(+)pi(-)eta is searched for through the radiative transition psi(3686) -> gamma eta(c)(2S) using 448 million psi(3686) events accumulated at the BESIII detector. The first evidence of eta(c)(2S) -> pi(+)pi(-)eta is found with a statistical significance of 3.5 sigma. The product of the branching fractions of psi(3686) -> gamma eta(c)(2S) and eta(c)(2S) -> pi(+)pi(-)eta is measured to be Br(psi(3686) -> gamma eta(c)(2S)) x Br(eta(c)(2S) -> pi(+)pi(-)eta) = (2.97 +/- 0.81 +/- 0.26) x 10(-6), where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second one is systematic. The branching fraction of the decay eta(c)(2S) -> pi(+)pi(-)eta is determined to be Br(eta(c)(2S) -> pi(+)pi(-)eta) = (42.4 +/- 11.6 +/- 3.8 +/- 30.3) x 10(-4), where the third uncertainty is transferred from the uncertainty of the branching fraction of psi(3686) -> gamma eta(c)(2S).eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess[No Keywords]Article1075WOS:0009893959000102-s2.0-85151394175N/A10.1103/PhysRevD.107.052007Q1