Search for beautiful tetraquarks in the ϒ(1S)μ + μ invariant-mass spectrum

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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 . 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 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 state has rapidity in the range [2.0, 4.5] and transverse momentum less than 15 GeV/c.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Original languageEnglish
Article number86
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2018
Issue number10
Early online date12 Oct 2018
DOIs
Publication statusE-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)086

Keywords

  • B physics
  • Exotics
  • Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
  • Heavy quark production

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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