${\bar{B}}_s^0$ and its excited meson production via top quark decays at the LHC

Abstract

In this work we evaluate the masses of the $|(b\bar{s})[n]⟩$ or $|(\bar{b}s)[n]⟩$ quarkonium (${\bar{B}}_s^0$ or $B_s^0$ meson) under the B.T. potential, and the values of the Schr$\ddot{\mathrm{o}}$dinger radial wave function at the origin of the $|(b\bar{s})[n]⟩$ or $|(\bar{b}s)[n]⟩$ quarkonium within the five potential models. Then we investigate a systematic study on the production of the $|(b\bar{s})[n]⟩$ or $|(\bar{b}s)[n]⟩$ quarkonium via top quark or antitop quark decays in the color-singlet QCD factorization formula (CSQCDFF), i.e., the two $S$-wave states, $|(b\bar{s})[1^1{S}_0]⟩$ (or $|(\bar{b}s)[1^1{S}_0]⟩$) and $|(b\bar{s})[1^3{S}_1]⟩$ (or $|(\bar{b}s)[1^3{S}_1]⟩$), and its four $P$-wave excited states, $|(b\bar{s})[1^1{P}_1]⟩$ (or $|(\bar{b}s)[1^1{P}_1]⟩$) and $|(b\bar{s})[1^3{P}_J]⟩$ (or $|(\bar{b}s)[1^3{P}_J]⟩$) (with $J=[0,1,2]$). For deriving compact analytical results for complex processes, the "improved trace technology" is adopted to deal with the decay channels at the amplitudes. Moreover, various differential distributions and uncertainties of the concerned processes are analyzed carefully. By adding the uncertainties caused by the $b$ and $s$-quark masses in quadrature, we obtain $\hat{I}“(t\to |(b\bar{s})[n]⟩+W^{+}s)=14.19_{-3.20}^{+4.36}$~MeV. At the LHC with the luminosity $\mathcal{L}\propto 10^{34}c{m}^{-2}{s}^{-1}$ and the center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{S}=14$ TeV, sizable $|(b\bar{s})[n]⟩$ or $|(\bar{b}s)[n]⟩$ meson events can be produced through $t$-quark or $\bar{t}$-quark decays; i.e., about $1.3\times 10^6$ ${\bar{B}}_s^0$ or $B_s^0$ events per year can be obtained.

11 pages, 12 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1505.03275, arXiv:1408.5563; text overlap with arXiv:0711.1898 by other authors