Using a sample of 122×106 Υ(3S) events recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e +e - collider at SLAC, we search for the h b(1P) spin-singlet partner of the P-wave χ bJ(1P) states in the sequential decay Υ(3S) →π0h b(1P), h b(1P) →γη b(1S). We observe an excess of events above background in the distribution of the recoil mass against the π0 at mass 9902±4(stat)±2(syst)MeV/c2. The width of the observed signal is consistent with experimental resolution, and its significance is 3.1σ, including systematic uncertainties. We obtain the value (4.3±1.1(stat) ±0.9(syst))×10 -4 for the product branching fraction B(Υ(3S)→π0h b)×B(h b→γη b).
Lees, J., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Tisserand, V., Tico, J., Grauges, E., et al. (2011). Evidence for the h b(1P) meson in the decay ?(3S) →π 0h b(1P). PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY, 84(9) [10.1103/PhysRevD.84.091101].
Evidence for the h b(1P) meson in the decay ?(3S) →π 0h b(1P)
CARPINELLI, MassimoMembro del Collaboration Group
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2011
Abstract
Using a sample of 122×106 Υ(3S) events recorded with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e +e - collider at SLAC, we search for the h b(1P) spin-singlet partner of the P-wave χ bJ(1P) states in the sequential decay Υ(3S) →π0h b(1P), h b(1P) →γη b(1S). We observe an excess of events above background in the distribution of the recoil mass against the π0 at mass 9902±4(stat)±2(syst)MeV/c2. The width of the observed signal is consistent with experimental resolution, and its significance is 3.1σ, including systematic uncertainties. We obtain the value (4.3±1.1(stat) ±0.9(syst))×10 -4 for the product branching fraction B(Υ(3S)→π0h b)×B(h b→γη b).
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