We report some of the most recent results in studying different aspects of QCD with about 500 fb−1 of data collected by the BaBar experiment at the e+e− B-factory PEP-II, located at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. In particular, we present the Dalitz plot analyses of the hadronic three-body J/ψ decays to π+π−π0, K+K−π0, and KSK±π∓ using an isobar model and a Veneziano model. From the isobar analyses of the modes J/ψ→K+K−π0 and J/ψ→KSK±π∓, a broad structure has been observed in the low-mass region of the KˉK invariant mass spectra and found to be consistent with the neutral and charged resonances ρ(1450). Moreover, for the first time the branching fraction ratio of the decay ρ(1450)0→π+π− over ρ(1450)0→K+K− is measured to be (0.307±0.084±0.082).
We then show the results of a search for the B-meson decay to four baryons B0→ppˉpˉp, which might help shedding some light on the mechanism of hadron fragmentation into baryons, and on the experimental difference between the inclusive branching fraction of B-meson decay to baryons and the sum of the exclusive baryonic B decays. A signal yield of 10.4±4.3 events is observed, corresponding to a statistical significance of 3σ, and the upper limit is computed to be 2×10−7 at 90% confidence level.
