Study of radiative bottomonium transitions using converted photons

We use (111±1) million Υ(3S) and (89±1) million Υ(2S) events recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B-factory at SLAC to perform a study of radiative transitions between bottomonium states using photons that have been converted to e+e− pairs by the detector material. We observe Υ(3S)→γχb0,2(1P...

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Hauptverfasser: Lees, Jean-Pierre (VerfasserIn) , Adametz, Aleksandra (VerfasserIn) , Marks, Jörg (VerfasserIn) , Uwer, Ulrich (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: BABAR Collaboration (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2011
In: Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
Year: 2011, Jahrgang: 84, Heft: 7, Pages: 1-17
ISSN:1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.84.072002
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.072002
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Verfasserangaben:J.P. Lees, V. Poireau, E. Prencipe, V. Tisserand, J. Garra Tico, E. Grauges, M. Martinelli, D. A. Milanes, A. Palano, M. Pappagallo, G. Eigen, B. Stugu, L. Sun, D.N. Brown, L.T. Kerth, Yu. G. Kolomensky, G. Lynch, H. Koch, T. Schroeder, D.J. Asgeirsson, C. Hearty, T.S. Mattison, J.A. McKenna, A. Khan, V. E. Blinov, A.R. Buzykaev, V.P. Druzhinin, V.B. Golubev, E.A. Kravchenko, A.P. Onuchin, S.I. Serednyakov, Yu. I. Skovpen, E.P. Solodov, K. Yu. Todyshev, A.N. Yushkov, M. Bondioli, S. Curry, D. Kirkby, A.J. Lankford, M. Mandelkern, D.P. Stoker, H. Atmacan, J.W. Gary, F. Liu, O. Long, G.M. Vitug, C. Campagnari, T.M. Hong, D. Kovalskyi, J.D. Richman, C.A. West, A.M. Eisner, J. Kroseberg, W.S. Lockman, A.J. Martinez, T. Schalk, B.A. Schumm, A. Seiden, C.H. Cheng, D.A. Doll, B. Echenard, K.T. Flood, D.G. Hitlin, P. Ongmongkolkul, F.C. Porter, A.Y. Rakitin, R. Andreassen, M.S. Dubrovin, B.T. Meadows, M.D. Sokoloff, P.C. Bloom, W.T. Ford, A. Gaz, M. Nagel, U. Nauenberg, J.G. Smith, S.R. Wagner, R. Ayad, W.H. Toki, B. Spaan, M.J. Kobel, K.R. Schubert, R. Schwierz, D. Bernard, M. Verderi, P.J. Clark, S. Playfer, J.E. Watson, D. Bettoni, C. Bozzi, R. Calabrese, G. Cibinetto, E. Fioravanti, I. Garzia, E. Luppi, M. Munerato, M. Negrini, L. Piemontese, R. Baldini-Ferroli, A. Calcaterra, R. de Sangro, G. Finocchiaro, M. Nicolaci, S. Pacetti, P. Patteri, I.M. Peruzzi, M. Piccolo, M. Rama, A. Zallo, R. Contri, E. Guido, M. Lo Vetere, M.R. Monge, S. Passaggio, C. Patrignani, E. Robutti, B. Bhuyan, V. Prasad, C.L. Lee, M. Morii, A.J. Edwards, A. Adametz, J. Marks, U. Uwer, F.U. Bernlochner, M. Ebert, H.M. Lacker, T. Lueck, P.D. Dauncey, M. Tibbetts, P.K. Behera, U. Mallik, C. Chen, J. Cochran, H.B. Crawley, W.T. Meyer, S. Prell, E.I. Rosenberg, A.E. Rubin, A.V. Gritsan, Z.J. Guo, N. Arnaud, M. Davier, D. Derkach, G. Grosdidier, F. Le Diberder, A.M. Lutz, B. Malaescu, P. Roudeau, M.H. Schune, A. Stocchi, G. Wormser, D.J. Lange, D.M. Wright, I. Bingham, C.A. Chavez, J.P. Coleman, J.R. Fry, E. Gabathuler, D.E. Hutchcroft, D.J. Payne, C. Touramanis, A.J. Bevan, F. Di Lodovico, R. Sacco, M. Sigamani, G. Cowan, S. Paramesvaran, D.N. Brown, C.L. Davis, A.G. Denig, M. Fritsch, W. Gradl, A. Hafner, K.E. Alwyn, D. Bailey, R.J. Barlow, G. Jackson, G.D. Lafferty, R. Cenci, B. Hamilton, A. Jawahery, D.A. Roberts, G. Simi, C. Dallapiccola, E. Salvati, R. Cowan, D. Dujmic, G. Sciolla, D. Lindemann, P.M. Patel, S.H. Robertson, M. Schram, P. Biassoni, A. Lazzaro, V. Lombardo, F. Palombo, S. Stracka, L. Cremaldi, R. Godang, R. Kroeger, P. Sonnek, D.J. Summers, X. Nguyen, P. Taras, G. De Nardo, D. Monorchio, G. Onorato, C. Sciacca, G. Raven, H.L. Snoek, C.P. Jessop, K.J. Knoepfel, J.M. LoSecco, W.F. Wang, K. Honscheid, R. Kass, J. Brau, R. Frey, N.B. Sinev, D. Strom, E. Torrence, E. Feltresi, N. Gagliardi, M. Margoni, M. Morandin, M. Posocco, M. Rotondo, F. Simonetto, R. Stroili, E. Ben-Haim, M. Bomben, G.R. Bonneaud, H. Briand, G. Calderini, J. Chauveau, O. Hamon, Ph. Leruste, G. Marchiori, J. Ocariz, S. Sitt, M. Biasini, E. Manoni, A. Rossi, C. Angelini, G. Batignani, S. Bettarini, M. Carpinelli, G. Casarosa, A. Cervelli, F. Forti, M.A. Giorgi, A. Lusiani, N. Neri, B. Oberhof, E. Paoloni, A. Perez, G. Rizzo, J.J. Walsh, D. Lopes Pegna, C. Lu, J. Olsen, A.J. S. Smith, A.V. Telnov, F. Anulli, G. Cavoto, R. Faccini, F. Ferrarotto, F. Ferroni, M. Gaspero, L. Li Gioi, M.A. Mazzoni, G. Piredda, C. Bünger, T. Hartmann, T. Leddig, H. Schröder, R. Waldi, T. Adye, E.O. Olaiya, F.F. Wilson, S. Emery, G. Hamel de Monchenault, G. Vasseur, Ch. Yèche, D. Aston, D.J. Bard, R. Bartoldus, J.F. Benitez, C. Cartaro, M.R. Convery, J. Dorfan, G.P. Dubois-Felsmann, W. Dunwoodie, R.C. Field, M. Franco Sevilla, B.G. Fulsom, A.M. Gabareen, M. T. Graham, P. Grenier, C. Hast, W.R. Innes, M.H. Kelsey, H. Kim, P. Kim, M.L. Kocian, D.W.G.S. Leith, P. Lewis, S. Li, B. Lindquist, S. Luitz, V. Luth, H.L. Lynch, D.B. MacFarlane, D.R. Muller, H. Neal, S. Nelson, I. Ofte, M. Perl, T. Pulliam, B.N. Ratcliff, A. Roodman, A.A. Salnikov, V. Santoro, R.H. Schindler, A. Snyder, D. Su, M.K. Sullivan, J. Va’vra, A.P. Wagner, M. Weaver, W.J. Wisniewski, M. Wittgen, D.H. Wright, H.W. Wulsin, A.K. Yarritu, C.C. Young, V. Ziegler, W. Park, M. V. Purohit, R.M. White, J.R. Wilson, A. Randle-Conde, S.J. Sekula, M. Bellis, P.R. Burchat, T.S. Miyashita, M.S. Alam, J.A. Ernst, R. Gorodeisky, N. Guttman, D.R. Peimer, A. Soffer, P. Lund, S.M. Spanier, R. Eckmann, J.L. Ritchie, A.M. Ruland, C.J. Schilling, R.F. Schwitters, B.C. Wray, J.M. Izen, X.C. Lou, F. Bianchi, D. Gamba, L. Lanceri, L. Vitale, N. Lopez-March, F. Martinez-Vidal, A. Oyanguren, H. Ahmed, J. Albert, Sw. Banerjee, H.H.F. Choi, G.J. King, R. Kowalewski, M.J. Lewczuk, C. Lindsay, I.M. Nugent, J.M. Roney, R.J. Sobie, T.J. Gershon, P.F. Harrison, T.E. Latham, E.M.T. Puccio, H.R. Band, S. Dasu, Y. Pan, R. Prepost, C.O. Vuosalo, S.L. Wu (BABAR Collaboration)
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Zusammenfassung:We use (111±1) million Υ(3S) and (89±1) million Υ(2S) events recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B-factory at SLAC to perform a study of radiative transitions between bottomonium states using photons that have been converted to e+e− pairs by the detector material. We observe Υ(3S)→γχb0,2(1P) decay, make precise measurements of the branching fractions for χb1,2(1P,2P)→γΥ(1S) and χb1,2(2P)→γΥ(2S) decays, and search for radiative decay to the ηb(1S) and ηb(2S) states.
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ISSN:1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.84.072002