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\boldmath{$\Upsilon$} and \boldmath{$\eta_b$} mass shifts in nuclear matter

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arxiv 2012.11381 v2 pith:L3D4GYRT submitted 2020-12-21 hep-ph hep-exhep-latnucl-exnucl-th

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We estimate the $\Upsilon$, $\eta_b$ and $B^*$ meson mass shifts in symmetric nuclear matter. The interest is, whether the strengths of the bottomonium-(nuclear matter) and charmonium-(nuclear matter) interactions are similar or different. This is because, each ($J/\Psi,\Upsilon$) and ($\eta_c,\eta_b$) meson group is usually assumed to have very similar properties based on the heavy charm and bottom quark masses. The estimate for the $\Upsilon$ is made using an SU(5) effective Lagrangian and the anomalous coupling one, by studying the $BB$, $BB^*$, and $B^*B^*$ meson loop contributions for the self-energy. As for the $\eta_b$, we include the $BB^*$ and $B^*B^*$ meson loop contributions in the self-energy. The in-medium masses of the $B$ and $B^*$ mesons appearing in the self-energy are calculated by the quark-meson coupling model. An analysis on the $BB$, $BB^*$, and $B^*B^*$ meson loops in the $\Upsilon$ mass shift is made by comparing with the corresponding $DD, DD^*$, and $D^*D^*$ meson loops for the $J/\Psi$ mass shift. Our prediction for the $\eta_b$ mass shift is made including only the lowest order $BB^*$ meson loop. The $\Upsilon$ mass shift, with including only the $BB$ loop, is predicted to be -16 to -22 MeV at the nuclear matter saturation density using the $\Upsilon BB$ coupling constant determined by the vector meson dominance model with the experimental data, while the $\eta_b$ mass shift is predicted to be -75 to -82 MeV with the SU(5) universal coupling constant determined by the $\Upsilon BB$ coupling constant. Our results show an appreciable difference between the bottomonium-(nuclear matter) and charmonium-(nuclear matter) interaction strengths. We also study the $\Upsilon$ and $\eta_b$ mass shifts in a heavy quark (heavy meson) symmetry limit.

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