Evidence for χb Production in the Exclusive Reaction ϒγχb(γγϒ or γγϒ)

G. Eigen, G. Blanar, H. Dietl, E. Lorenz, F. Pauss, H. Vogel, T. Böhringer, P. Franzini, K. Han, G. Mageras, D. Peterson, E. Rice, J. K. Yoh, S. W. Herb, J. E. Horstkotte, C. Klopfenstein, J. Lee-Franzini, R. D. Schamberger, M. Sivertz, L. J. Spencer, P. M. Tuts, R. Imlay, G. Levman, W. Metcalf, and V. Sreedhar
Phys. Rev. Lett. 49, 1616 – Published 29 November 1982
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Abstract

Evidence is presented for the production of χb states (2P3) in the reaction ϒγχbγγϒ (or γγϒ) with subsequent decay of the ϒ(ϒ) into e+e or μ+μ. The data were obtained with the nonmagnetic CUSB detector at the Cornell e+e storage ring. Observed were 14 (15) events consistent with the transition to the ϒ(ϒ) with an estimated background of 1.7 (1.3) events. The lower-energy photons cluster around 100 MeV, implying M(ϒ)M(χb)100 MeV. A single-line interpretation of the lower-energy photon spectrum is disfavored.

  • Received 3 August 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.1616

©1982 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

G. Eigen, G. Blanar*, H. Dietl, E. Lorenz, F. Pauss, and H. Vogel

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-8000 Munich 40, Federal Republic of Germany

T. Böhringer, P. Franzini, K. Han, G. Mageras, D. Peterson, E. Rice, and J. K. Yoh

  • Columbia University, New York, New York 10027

S. W. Herb

  • Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

J. E. Horstkotte, C. Klopfenstein, J. Lee-Franzini, R. D. Schamberger, M. Sivertz, L. J. Spencer, and P. M. Tuts

  • The State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794

R. Imlay, G. Levman, W. Metcalf, and V. Sreedhar

  • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

  • *Present address: LeCroy Corp., Spring Valley, N.Y. 10977.
  • Present address: CERN, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Present address: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Ill. 60510.

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Vol. 49, Iss. 22 — 29 November 1982

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