Search for the $X_b$ and other hidden-beauty states in the ${\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}{\rm Y}(1\mathrm{S})$ channel at ATLAS

Abstract

This Letter presents a search for a hidden-beauty counterpart of the $X(3872)$ in the mass ranges 10.05--10.31 GeV and 10.40--11.00 GeV, in the channel $X_b\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}{\rm Y}(1\mathrm{S})(\to {\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-})$, using 16.2 fb${}^{-1}$ of $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV $pp$ collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. No evidence for new narrow states is found, and upper limits are set on the product of the $X_b$ cross section and branching fraction, relative to those of the ${\rm Y}(2\mathrm{S})$, at the 95% confidence level using the CL${}_S$ approach. These limits range from 0.8% to 4.0%, depending on mass. For masses above 10.1 GeV, the expected upper limits from this analysis are the most restrictive to date. Searches for production of the ${\rm Y}(1^3\mathrm{D}$${}_J)$, ${\rm Y}(10860)$, and ${\rm Y}(11020)$ states also reveal no significant signals.

8 pages plus author list + cover pages (20 pages total), 4 figures, 0 tables, submitted to Physics Letters B, All figures including auxiliary figures are available at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/BPHY-2013-07/

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