Study of χb\chi _{{\mathrm {b}}} meson production in p\mathrm {p} p\mathrm {p} collisions at s=7\sqrt{s}=7 and 8TeV8{\mathrm {\,TeV}} and observation of the decay χb(3P)Υ(3S)γ\chi _{{\mathrm {b}}}\mathrm {(3P)} \rightarrow \Upsilon \mathrm {(3S)} {\gamma }

Collaboration
Jul 29, 2014
13 pages
Published in:
  • Eur.Phys.J.C 74 (2014) 10, 3092
  • Published: Oct 8, 2014
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Report number:
  • CERN-PH-EP-2014-178,
  • LHCB-PAPER-2014-031
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Abstract: (Springer)
A study of \upchi _{{\mathrm {b}}} meson production at LHCb is performed on proton–proton collision data, corresponding to 3.0  fb1\text { fb}^{-1} of integrated luminosity collected at centre-of-mass energies s\sqrt{s} = 7 and 8 TeV\mathrm {\,TeV} . The fraction of Υ(nS)\Upsilon \mathrm {(nS)} mesons originating from \upchi _{{\mathrm {b}}}  decays is measured as a function of the  Υ\Upsilon  transverse momentum in the rapidity range 2.0<yΥ<4.52.0 < y^{\Upsilon } < 4.5 . The radiative transition of the \upchi _{{\mathrm {b}}}\mathrm {(3P)} meson to Υ(3S)\Upsilon \mathrm {(3S)} is observed for the first time. The  \upchi _{{\mathrm {b}} 1}\mathrm {(3P)} mass is determined to be \begin{aligned} m_{\upchi _{{\mathrm {b}} 1}\mathrm {(3P)}} = 10\,511.3 \pm 1.7 \pm 2.5{\mathrm {\,MeV}/c^2}, \end{aligned} where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.
Note:
  • 22 pages, 3 fugurs
  • p p: scattering
  • Upsilon(10355)
  • statistical
  • rapidity
  • LHC-B
  • chi mesons: bottom
  • chi mesons: radiative decay
  • upsilon mesons: transverse momentum
  • rapidity dependence
  • chi/b(10539)