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Phys. Rev. D 59, 032003 (1999) [5 pages]

Measurement of the mass splittings between the bb̅ χb,J(1P) states

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K. W. Edwards et al. (CLEO Collaboration)
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Received 12 March 1998; published 12 January 1999

We present new measurements of photon energies and branching fractions for the radiative transitions Υ(2S)→γχb(J=0,1,2)(1P). The masses of the χb states are determined from the measured radiative photon energies. The ratio of mass splittings between the χb substates, r(MJ=2-MJ=1)/(MJ=1-MJ=0), with M the χb mass, provides information on the nature of the bb̅ confining potential. We find r(1P)=0.542±0.022±0.024. This value is somewhat lower than the previous world average, but more consistent with the theoretical expectation that r(1P)<r(2P); i.e., that this mass splitting ratio is smaller for the χb(1P) states than for the χb(2P) states.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.59.032003
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.59.032003
PACS:
13.40.Hq, 12.39.Jh, 12.39.Pn, 14.40.Gx