Abstract
The ϒ(1S)μ+μ− invariant-mass distribution is investigated for a possible exotic meson state composed of two b quarks and two b¯ quarks, Xb b¯ b b¯. The analysis is based on a data sample of pp collisions recorded with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies s=7, 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6.3 fb−1. No significant excess is found, and upper limits are set on the product of the production cross-section and the branching fraction as functions of the mass of the Xb b¯ b b¯ state. The limits are set in the fiducial volume where all muons have pseudorapidity in the range [2.0, 5.0], and the Xb b¯ b b¯ state has rapidity in the range [2.0, 4.5] and transverse momentum less than 15 GeV/c.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].
Original language | English |
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Article number | 86 |
Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
Volume | 2018 |
Issue number | 10 |
Early online date | 12 Oct 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 12 Oct 2018 |
Bibliographical note
The LHCb collaboration, Aaij, R., Adeva, B. et al. J. High Energ. Phys. (2018) 2018: 86. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2018)086Keywords
- B physics
- Exotics
- Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
- Heavy quark production
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics