Study of dipion bottomonium transitions and search for the h(b)(1P) state

We study inclusive dipion decays using a sample of 108×10[superscript 6]Υ(3S) events recorded with the BABAR detector. We search for the decay mode Υ(3S)→π[superscript +]π[superscript -]h[subscript b](1P) and find no evidence for the bottomonium spin-singlet state h[subscript b](1P) in the invariant...

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Main Authors: Cowan, Ray Franklin (Contributor), Dujmic, Denis (Contributor), Sciolla, Gabriella (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2011-11-08T19:06:23Z.
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520 |a We study inclusive dipion decays using a sample of 108×10[superscript 6]Υ(3S) events recorded with the BABAR detector. We search for the decay mode Υ(3S)→π[superscript +]π[superscript -]h[subscript b](1P) and find no evidence for the bottomonium spin-singlet state h[subscript b](1P) in the invariant mass distribution recoiling against the π[superscript +]π[superscript -] system. Assuming the h[subscript b](1P) mass to be 9.900  GeV/c[superscript 2], we measure the upper limit on the branching fraction B[Υ(3S)→π[superscript +]π[superscript -]h[subscript b](1P)]<1.2×10[superscript -4], at 90% confidence level. We also investigate the χ[subscript bj](2P)→π[superscript +]π[superscript -]χ[subscript bJ](1P), Υ(3S)→π[superscript +]π[superscript -]Υ(2S), and Υ(2S)→π[superscript +]π[superscript -]Υ(1S) dipion transitions and present an improved measurement of the branching fraction of the Υ(3S)→π[superscript +]π[superscript -]Υ(2S) decay and of the Υ(3S)-Υ(2S) mass difference. 
520 |a United States. Dept. of Energy 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.) 
520 |a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 
520 |a France. Commissariat à l'énergie atomique 
520 |a Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules 
520 |a Germany. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) 
520 |a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) 
520 |a Istituto nazionale di fisica nucleare (INFN) 
520 |a Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (Netherlands) 
520 |a Research Council of Norway 
520 |a Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation 
520 |a Spain. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacio´n (MICINN) 
520 |a Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain) 
520 |a Marie Curie International Fellowship 
520 |a Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 
546 |a en_US 
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