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Studies of hadron spectroscopy at Belle and Belle II

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2026-03-13 v1

Abstract

The Belle and Belle II experiments have collected a 1.6ab11.6\,\mathrm{ab}^{-1} sample of e+ee^+e^- collision data at center-of-mass energies near the Υ(nS)\Upsilon(nS) resonances. We conduct searches for transitions from the spin-singlet hb(1P,2P)h_b(1P,2P) states to the spin-triplet Υ(1S)\Upsilon(1S) and χbJ(1P)\chi_{bJ}(1P) states. We do not find evidence for the hb(1P,2P)Υ(1S)π0h_b(1P,2P)\to \Upsilon(1S) \pi^0 and hb(2P)χbJ(1P)γh_b(2P) \to \chi_{bJ}(1P)\gamma transitions. We find the first evidence for the hb(2P)Υ(1S)ηh_b(2P)\to \Upsilon(1S)\eta transition. However, the measured branching fraction is lower than expected from related decays. Furthermore, we find evidence for Pccˉs(4459)0J/ψΛP_{c\bar c s}(4459)^0 \to J/\psi \Lambda decays in inclusive Υ(1S,2S)\Upsilon(1S,2S) decays. This is the first evidence for an exotic state produced in Υ(1S,2S)\Upsilon(1S,2S) decays.

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@article{arxiv.2511.02771,
  title  = {Studies of hadron spectroscopy at Belle and Belle II},
  author = {S. Wallner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.02771},
  year   = {2026}
}