Recent Bottomonium Resultsfrom BaBar
Bryan Fulsom
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
35th International Conference on High Energy Physics
Paris, France
July 22, 2010
• This talk: (1DJ) (1S)
(nS) (ee) b(1S)
(3S) hb(1P)
(3S) hb(1P) b(1S)
Overview
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• BaBar: 1999-2008• 122M (3S) / 100M (2S)
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• This talk: (1DJ) (1S)
(nS) (ee) b(1S)
(3S) hb(1P)
(3S) hb(1P) b(1S)
Overview• BaBar: 1999-2008• 122M (3S) / 100M (2S)
Recent Bottomonium Results from BaBar / Bryan Fulsom / ICHEP / 2010.07.22 / Page 2/22
• This talk: (1DJ) (1S)
(nS) (ee) b(1S)
(3S) hb(1P)
(3S) hb(1P) b(1S)
Overview• BaBar: 1999-2008• 122M (3S) / 100M (2S)
Recent Bottomonium Results from BaBar / Bryan Fulsom / ICHEP / 2010.07.22 / Page 2/22
• This talk: (1DJ) (1S)
(nS) (ee) b(1S)
(3S) hb(1P)
(3S) hb(1P) b(1S)
Overview• BaBar: 1999-2008• 122M (3S) / 100M (2S)
• This talk: (1DJ) (1S)
(nS) (ee) b(1S)
(3S) hb(1P)
(3S) hb(1P) b(1S)
Overview
Recent Bottomonium Results from BaBar / Bryan Fulsom / ICHEP / 2010.07.22 / Page 2/22
• BaBar: 1999-2008• 122M (3S) / 100M (2S)
(1DJ)
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• Expected (1DJ=1,2,3) properties
– m(1DJ) ~10160 MeV/c2, m(1DJ)
~5-12 MeV/c2, (1DJ) ~30 keV
• Experimental observation (3S) (1D2?) (1S) ll
– B((3S) ll) = (2.5 ± 0.5 ± 0.5) 10-5
– m(1D2?) = 10161.1 ± 0.6 ± 1.6 MeV/c2
• No evidence for (1DJ) (1S)
– Limit: B((1DJ) (1S)) < 4%
– Theory: Kuang & Yan ~40%, Ko ~2%, Moxhay ~0.25%
(1DJ): General Information
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• Reconstruct (3S) (1DJ) (1S) ll
– Require exactly 4 tracks
– mll consistent with / constrained to m(1S)
– Minimize E 2 to select best candidate
– m(1DJ) resolution ~ 3 MeV/c2
• Maximum Likelihood fit to mll spectrum
(1DJ) signals: Double Gaussian + Crystal Ball
– Monte Carlo (MC)-determined backgrounds:(3S) bJ(2P) ( or ) (1S)
(3S) (1S) + FSR
(3S) () (1S)(3S) / (2S) ((1S))
(1DJ): BaBar Analysis
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m(1D2) = 10164.5 ± 0.8 ± 0.6 MeV/c2
(1DJ): Fit Results
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(1DJ): Quantum Numbers
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b(1S)
• b(1S) observed in inclusive spectrum for (3S) and (2S)
• Measured properties
– B((3,2S) b(1S)) = (5.1 ± 0.7) 10-4 / (3.9 ± 1.5) 10-4
– mb(1S) = 9390.9 ± 2.8 MeV/c2, b(1S) 10 MeV
– (m(1S) – mb(1S)) = 69.3 ± 2.8 MeV/c2
• Hyperfine splitting theoretical predictions– Lattice: ~50-60 MeV/c2 NRQCD: ~40 MeV/c2
b(1S): General Information
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• Converted photons ( ee) improve resolution (25 5 MeV)
– Fit pair of tracks, selected with 2fitter, m,
– Additional cuts: |costhrust|, Ntracks, veto
• Simultaneous fit to E spectrum in (3S) and (2S) datasets
(3,2S) b(1S): Breit-Wigner Crystal Ball
– eeE=m(nS)
ISR (1S): Crystal Ball
bJ(2,1P) (1S): Doppler broadening Crystal Ball
– Background: 4th order polynomial exponential decay
b(1S): Converted Photon Analysis
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b(1S): Fit Results
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• E and branching fractions as expected
• Mass-constrained fit:
– No evidence for b (2.3stat.)
• Best fit result in mb(1S) region:
– Differs by +12.4+3.8-4.0 MeV/c2 (3.3stat., 2.6 w. syst.)
ee: Results Summary
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hb(1P)
• Expect mhb(1P) = (mb0(1P)+3mb1(1P)+5mb2(1P)) / 9 9900 MeV/c2
• Production mechanisms
– B((3S) hb(1P)) ~ 10-3 – 10-2
– B((3S) hb(1P)) ~ 10-3
– R(hb (1P) / hb (1P)) = 0.05 – 20
• Expected decays
– hb(1P) ggg (57%), b(1S) (41%), gg (2%)
• Previous searches
– B((3S) hb(1P)) < 1.8 10-3
– B((3S) hb(1P)) < 2.8 10-3
hb(1P): General Information
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• Reconstruct pair of oppositely charged tracks
– Cuts on Etotal, R2, Ntracks, KS
veto (flight length, cos )
• Define recoil mass: mR2 = (m(3S) – E
)2 – P
2
2 fit to mR with 7 components
– hb signal: Symmetric two-sided Crystal Ball (TCB)
(3S) (2S): Asymmetric TCB + Bifurcated Gaussian (2S) (1S): same, with fixed feed-down components b1,2(2P) b1,2(1P): TCB, with fixed peak position
– KS
: MC-determined phase space
– Non-peaking background: 6th order Chebychev polynomial
hb(1P): Analysis Strategy
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hb(1P): Fit Results
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hb(1P): Fit Results
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• No evidence for hb signal at mhb = 9900 MeV/c2
– B((3S) hb(1P)) = (0.0 ± 0.5 ± 0.3)10-4 (<110-4 UL)
• Most significant scan point <2 significance
• Exclude B((3S)hb(1P)) > 2.510-4 (90% CL) over range
hb(1P): Fit Results
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• Reconstruct () +
– Require E consistent with hb(1P) b(1S)
– Cuts on Ntracks, R2, veto (all candidates), cosh
• Define missing mass: m.m.()2 = (m(3S) – E)2 – P
2
– Constrain m to improve resolution
– N from m fit in each m.m.() bin
2 fit of m.m.() distribution
– hb(1P) signal: Double Crystal Ball
– Background: 6th order polynomial, from reweighted MC
hb(1P): Analysis Strategy
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hb(1P): Fit Results
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• Fixed mass fit:
– B((3S)hb(1P)b(1S)) = (3.1±1.1±0.4)10-4 (2.7)
– 1.510-4 < B((3S)hb(1P)b(1S)) < 4.910-4
• Best fit mhb = 9903 ± 4 ± 1 MeV/c2 consistent with predictions
• Combined results:
– R(hb(1P) / hb(1P)) > 3.2 (>1.5 for mhb = 9903 MeV/c2)
hb(1P): Fit Results
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(1DJ) (1S)
– First observation of (1DJ) hadronic decays
– Quantum numbers and precise m(1D2) measurement
(2,3S) converted photon spectrum
– Most significant (2.6) “b” signal at 9403.3±2.4+0.9-1.5 MeV/c2
– Improved and first direct bJ(1,2P) (1S) measurement
• hb(1P) Search
– No evidence for (3S) hb(1P)
– Marginal evidence (2.7) for (3S) hb(1P) b(1S)
– B((3S)hb(1P)) / B((3S)hb(1P)) > 1 at 90% C.L.
Summary
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