Search for a new bottomonium state decaying to Upsilon(1S)pi(+)pi(-) in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV


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Chatrchyan S., Khachatryan V., Sirunyan A. M., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Bergauer T., ...More

PHYSICS LETTERS B, vol.727, pp.57-76, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 727
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.10.016
  • Journal Name: PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.57-76
  • Keywords: CMS, Physics, Exotic quarkonia, X(3872)
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The results of a search for the bottomonium counterpart, denoted as X-b, of the exotic charmonium state X(3872) is presented. The analysis is based on a sample of pp collisions at,root s = 8 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.7 fb(-1). The search looks for the exclusive decay channel X-b -> Upsilon(1S)pi(+)pi(-) followed by Upsilon(1S) -> mu(+)mu(-). No evidence for an X-b signal is observed. Upper limits are set at the 95% confidence level on the ratio of the inclusive production cross sections times the branching fractions to Upsilon(1S)pi(+)pi(-) of the X-b and the Upsilon(2S). The upper limits on the ratio are in the range 0.9-5.4% for X-b masses between 10 and 11 GeV. These are the first upper limits on the production of a possible X-b at a hadron collider. (C) 2013 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.