\boldmath{$\Upsilon$} and \boldmath{$\eta_b$} mass shifts in nuclear matter
Abstract
We estimate the , and 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 () and () meson group is usually assumed to have very similar properties based on the heavy charm and bottom quark masses. The estimate for the is made using an SU(5) effective Lagrangian and the anomalous coupling one, by studying the , , and meson loop contributions for the self-energy. As for the , we include the and meson loop contributions in the self-energy. The in-medium masses of the and mesons appearing in the self-energy are calculated by the quark-meson coupling model. An analysis on the , , and meson loops in the mass shift is made by comparing with the corresponding , and meson loops for the mass shift. Our prediction for the mass shift is made including only the lowest order meson loop. The mass shift, with including only the loop, is predicted to be -16 to -22 MeV at the nuclear matter saturation density using the coupling constant determined by the vector meson dominance model with the experimental data, while the mass shift is predicted to be -75 to -82 MeV with the SU(5) universal coupling constant determined by the coupling constant. Our results show an appreciable difference between the bottomonium-(nuclear matter) and charmonium-(nuclear matter) interaction strengths. We also study the and 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}
}
Comments
19 pages, 9 figures (21 eps.files for figures), version to appear in EPJA