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\boldmath{$\Upsilon$} and \boldmath{$\eta_b$} mass shifts in nuclear matter

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-09-15 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We estimate the Υ\Upsilon, ηb\eta_b and BB^* meson mass shifts in symmetric nuclear matter. The interest is, whether the strengths of the bottomonium-(nuclear matter) and charmonium-(nuclear matter) interactions are similar or different. This is because, each (J/Ψ,ΥJ/\Psi,\Upsilon) and (ηc,ηb\eta_c,\eta_b) meson group is usually assumed to have very similar properties based on the heavy charm and bottom quark masses. The estimate for the Υ\Upsilon is made using an SU(5) effective Lagrangian and the anomalous coupling one, by studying the BBBB, BBBB^*, and BBB^*B^* meson loop contributions for the self-energy. As for the ηb\eta_b, we include the BBBB^* and BBB^*B^* meson loop contributions in the self-energy. The in-medium masses of the BB and BB^* mesons appearing in the self-energy are calculated by the quark-meson coupling model. An analysis on the BBBB, BBBB^*, and BBB^*B^* meson loops in the Υ\Upsilon mass shift is made by comparing with the corresponding DD,DDDD, DD^*, and DDD^*D^* meson loops for the J/ΨJ/\Psi mass shift. Our prediction for the ηb\eta_b mass shift is made including only the lowest order BBBB^* meson loop. The Υ\Upsilon mass shift, with including only the BBBB loop, is predicted to be -16 to -22 MeV at the nuclear matter saturation density using the ΥBB\Upsilon BB coupling constant determined by the vector meson dominance model with the experimental data, while the ηb\eta_b mass shift is predicted to be -75 to -82 MeV with the SU(5) universal coupling constant determined by the ΥBB\Upsilon BB coupling constant. Our results show an appreciable difference between the bottomonium-(nuclear matter) and charmonium-(nuclear matter) interaction strengths. We also study the Υ\Upsilon and ηb\eta_b mass shifts in a heavy quark (heavy meson) symmetry limit.

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@article{arxiv.2012.11381,
  title  = {\boldmath{$\Upsilon$} and \boldmath{$\eta_b$} mass shifts in nuclear matter},
  author = {G. N. Zeminiani and J. J. Cobos-Martinez and K. Tsushima},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.11381},
  year   = {2021}
}

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19 pages, 9 figures (21 eps.files for figures), version to appear in EPJA

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