# Search for a new bottomonium state decaying to Upsilon(1S) pi+ pi- in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV

Abstract : The results of a search for the bottomonium counterpart, denoted as Xb, of the exotic charmonium state X(3872) is presented. The analysis is based on a sample of pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.7 inverse femtobarns. The search looks for the exclusive decay channel Xb to Upsilon(1S) pi+ pi- followed by Upsilon(1S) to mu+ mu-. No evidence for an Xb signal is observed. Upper limits are set at the 95% confidence level on the ratio of the inclusive production cross sections times the branching fractions to Upsilon(1S) pi+ pi- of the Xb and the Upsilon(2S). The upper limits on the ratio are in the range 0.9-5.4% for Xb masses between 10 and 11 GeV. These are the first upper limits on the production of a possible Xb at a hadron collider.
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Submitted on : Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 8:17:09 AM
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### Citation

S. Chatrchyan, M. Besançon, F. Couderc, M. Dejardin, D. Denegri, et al.. Search for a new bottomonium state decaying to Upsilon(1S) pi+ pi- in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV. Physics Letters B, Elsevier, 2013, 727, pp.57-76. ⟨10.1016/j.physletb.2013.10.016⟩. ⟨in2p3-00857185⟩

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