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arxiv: 1103.3419 · v2 · submitted 2011-03-17 · ✦ hep-ex

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First observation of the P-wave spin-singlet bottomonium states h_b(1P) and h_b(2P)

Belle Collaboration
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We report the first observation of the spin-singlet bottomonium states h_b(1P) and h_b(2P) produced in the reaction e+e- --> hb(nP)pi+pi- using a 121.4fb-1 data sample collected at energies near the Upsilon(5S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. We determine M[h_b(1P)]=(9898.3+/-1.1+1.0-1.1) MeV/c^2 and M[h_b(2P)]=(10259.8+/-0.6+1.4-1.0) MeV/c^2,which correspond to P-wave hyperfine splittings Delta(M_HF) = (+1.6+/-1.5) MeV/c^2 and (+0.5+1.6-1.2) MeV/c^2, respectively. The h_b(1P) and h_b(2P) are observed with significances of 5.5sigma and 11.2sigma, respectively. We also report measurements of the cross sections for e+e- \rightarrow h_b(nP)pi+pi- relative to that for e+e- --> Upsilon(2S)pi+pi-.

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