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Recent Results in Bottomonium

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2017-08-23 v1

Abstract

Great strides have been made in the understanding of bound states of a bottom quark bb and its antiquark bˉ\bar b since the discovery of the first Υ\Upsilon resonances in 1977. These {\it bottomonium} bound states have a rich spectrum whose masses and transition amplitudes shed valuable light on the strong interactions. The present article reviews some recent developments in bottomonium physics. These include the discovery of the spin-singlet states ηb\eta_b and hbh_b, the first D-wave states, one or more candidates for spin-triplet χb(3P)\chi_b(3P) excitations, and above-threshold states with strong transitions to states below threshold. Information on transitions, production, and signatures of new physics is also presented.

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@article{arxiv.1212.6552,
  title  = {Recent Results in Bottomonium},
  author = {Claudia Patrignani and Todd K. Pedlar and Jonathan L. Rosner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.6552},
  year   = {2017}
}

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47 pages, 2 figures, to be submitted to Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science

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