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Observation of a new $\chi_b$ state in radiative transitions to $\Upsilon(1S)$ and $\Upsilon(2S)$ at ATLAS

dc.contributor.authorATLAS collaboration (3038 authors)
dc.contributor.authorAguilar-Saavedra, Juan Antonio
dc.contributor.authorAmaral, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorAnjos, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, João
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Nuno Filipe
dc.contributor.authorConde Muiño, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorDo Valle Wemans, André
dc.contributor.authorFiolhais, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorGomes, Agostinho
dc.contributor.authorGonçalo, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorJorge, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Lourenco
dc.contributor.authorMachado Miguens, Joana
dc.contributor.authorMaio, Amélia
dc.contributor.authorManeira, José
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Miguel Alfonso
dc.contributor.authorOnofre, António
dc.contributor.authorPalma, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorPina, João Antonio
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Belmiro
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Helena
dc.contributor.authorSaraiva, João
dc.contributor.authorSilva, José
dc.contributor.authorSoares, Mara
dc.contributor.authorVeloso, Filipe
dc.contributor.authorWolters, Helmut
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-03T18:35:45Z
dc.date.available2019-02-03T18:35:45Z
dc.date.issued2011-12
dc.date.updated2019-02-03T18:35:45Z
dc.description.abstractThe chi_b(nP) quarkonium states are produced in proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector. Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.4 fb^-1, these states are reconstructed through their radiative decays to Upsilon(1S,2S) with Upsilon->mu+mu-. In addition to the mass peaks corresponding to the decay modes chi_b(1P,2P)->Upsilon(1S)gamma, a new structure centered at a mass of 10.530+/-0.005 (stat.)+/-0.009 (syst.) GeV is also observed, in both the Upsilon(1S)gamma and Upsilon(2S)gamma decay modes. This is interpreted as the chi_b(3P) system.
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett. 108 (2012) 152001; DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.152001
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.152001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26076
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleObservation of a new $\chi_b$ state in radiative transitions to $\Upsilon(1S)$ and $\Upsilon(2S)$ at ATLAS
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
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