Observation of a New χb State in Radiative Transitions to Υ(1S) and Υ(2S) at ATLAS

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Publication date 2012
Journal Physical Review Letters
Article number 152001
Volume | Issue number 108 | 15
Number of pages 17
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEF)
Abstract The χb(nP) quarkonium states are produced in proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider at √s=7  TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector. Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.4  fb-1, these states are reconstructed through their radiative decays to Υ(1S,2S) with Υ→μ+μ-. In addition to the mass peaks corresponding to the decay modes χb(1P,2P)→Υ(1S)γ, a new structure centered at a mass of 10.530±0.005(stat)±0.009(syst)  GeV is also observed, in both the Υ(1S)γ and Υ(2S)γ decay modes. This structure is interpreted as the χb(3P) system.
Document type Article
Note ATLAS Collaboration
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.152001
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