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arxiv: 1101.1659 · v2 · pith:CC5FBFP4new · submitted 2011-01-09 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex

Meson Spectroscopy without Tetraquarks

classification ✦ hep-ph hep-ex
keywords upsilonaboveb-bbarbranchingc-cbarcharmdatade-excitation
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Data on e+e- -> piplus-piminus-Upsilon(1S,2S,3S) show a large increase in branching fractions near Upsilon(10860). A suggestion of Ali et al. is to interpret this as evidence for a tetraquark, Yb(10890) = b-bbar. However, it may also be interpreted in terms of Upsilon(10860) -> B-B*, B*B* and BsB*s above the open-b threshold, followed by de-excitation processes such as $BB* -> Upsilon (1S,2S,3S). In the charm sector, a hypothesis open to experimental test is that X,Y and Z peaks in the mass range 3872 to 3945 MeV may all be due to regular 3P1 and 3P2 c-cbar states (and perhaps 3P0) mixed with meson-meson.

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