Observation of Upsilon(4S) Decays to pi+ pi- Upsilon(1S) and pi+ pi- Upsilon(2S)

B Aubert, Matthew Barrett, Kelly Ford, Theresa Harrison, Alistair Hart, Christopher Hawkes, Alan Watson, Sian Morgan

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Abstract

Observation of Upsilon(4S) decays to pi(+)pi(-)C and pi(+)pi(-)Upsilon(2S)We present the first measurement of Upsilon(4S) decays to pi(+)pi(-)Upsilon(1S) based on a sample of 230 x 106(4S) mesons collected with the BABAR detector. We measure the product branching fractions Beta(Upsilon(4S) --> pi(+)pi(-)Upsilon(1S)) x BetaUpsilon(1S) --> mu(+)mu(-) = (2.23 +/- 0.25(stat) +/- 0.27(syst))x 10(-6) and Beta(Upsilon(4S) --> pi(+)pi(-)Upsilon(2S) x Beta(Upsilon(2S) --> mu(+)mu(-))=(1.69 +/-0.26(stat) +/- 0.20(syst)) x 10(-)6, from which we derive the partial widths Gamma(Upsilon(4S) --> pi(+)pi(-)Upsilon(1S))=(1.8 +/-0.4) keV and Gamma(Upsilon(4S) --> pi(+)pi(-)Upsilon(2S))=(2.7 +/- 0.8) keV.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)232001
Number of pages1
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume96
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2006

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