Using the Crystal Ball detector at thee+e− storage ring DORIS II, we have measured the branching fraction to muon pairsBμμ of the Υ(
Corrected cross section. Statistical and point to point systematic errors combined. Additional systematic error given above. The storage ring SQRT(S) has a 7.9 +- 0.2 MeV energy spread around the values given.
Corrected cross section. Statistical and point to point systematic errors combined. Additional systematic error given above.The storage ring SQRT(S) has a 8.2 +- 0.3 MeV energy spread around the values given.
During an energy scan at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, with use of the Columbia University-Stony Brook NaI detector, an enhancement in σ(e+e−→hadrons) is observed at center-of-mass energy ∼10.55 GeV. The mass and leptonic width of this state (ϒ′′′) suggest that it is the 4S13 bound state of the b quark and its antiquark. After applying to the data a cut in a (pseudo) thrust variable, the natural width is measured to be Γ=12.6±6.0 MeV, indicating that the ϒ′′′ is above the threshold for BB¯ production.
VISIBLE TOTAL HADRONIC CROSS SECTION FOR FIRST, THIRD AND FOURTH UPSILONS.
The ϒ, ϒ′, and ϒ′′ states have been observed at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring as narrow peaks in σ(e+e−→hadrons) versus beam energy. Data were collected during a run with integrated luminosity of 1000 nb−1, using the Columbia University-Stony Brook segmented NaI detector. The measured mass differences are M(ϒ′)−M(ϒ)=559±1(±3) MeV and M(ϒ′′)−M(ϒ)=889±1(±5) MeV, where the errors in parentheses represent systematic uncertainties. Preliminary values for the leptonic width ratios were also obtained.
HADRONIC EVENTS/SMALL-ANGLE BHABHA YIELD.