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The ground state of bottomium to two loops and higher

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We consider the properties of the ground state of bottomium. The Υ\Upsilon mass is evaluated to two loops, and including leading higher order [O(αs5logαs)O(\alpha_s^5\log\alpha_s)] and mc2/mb2m_c^2/m_b^2 corrections. This allows us to present updated values for the pole mass and MSˉ\bar{MS} mass of the bb quark: mb=5022±58m_b=5022\pm58 MeV, for the pole mass, and mˉb(mˉb)=4286±36\bar{m}_b(\bar{m}_b)=4286\pm36 MeV for the MSˉ\bar{MS} one. The value for the \msbar mass is accurate including and O(αs3)O(\alpha_s^3) corrections and leading orders in the ratio mc2/mb2m_c^2/m_b^2. We then consider the wave function for the ground state of bˉb\bar{b}b, which is calculated to two loops in the nonrelativistic approximation. Taking into account the evaluation of the matching coefficients by Beneke and Signer one can calculate, in principle, the width for the decay Υe+e\Upsilon\to e^+e^- to order αs5\alpha_s^5. Unfortunately, given the size of the corrections it is impossible to produce reliable numbers. The situation is slightly better for the ground state of toponium, where a decay width into e+ee^+e^- of 11 -- 14 keV is predicted.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0007333,
  title  = {The ground state of bottomium to two loops and higher},
  author = {F. J. Yndurain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0007333},
  year   = {2007}
}

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