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Physics/High Energy Physics - Experiment
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Search for $\eta_b$ in two-photon collisions at LEP II with the DELPHI detector |
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J. Abdallah1, P. Abreu, W. Adam, P. Adzic, T. Albrecht, T. Alderweireld, R. Alemany-Fernandez, T. Allmendinger, P.P. Allport, U. Amaldi, N. Amapane, S. Amato, E. Anashkin, A. Andreazza, S. Andringa, N. Anjos, P. Antilogus1, W.-D. Apel, Y. Arnoud2, S. Ask, B. asman, J.-E. Augustin1, A. Augustinus, P. Baillon, A. Ballestrero, P. Bambade3, R. Barbier4, D. Bardin, G.J. Barker, A. Baroncelli, M. Battaglia, M. Baubillier1, K.-H. Becks, M. Begalli, A. Behrmann, E. Ben-Haim3, N. Benekos, A. Benvenuti, C. Berat2, M. Berggren1, L. Berntzon, D. Bertrand, M. Besançon, N. Besson, D. Bloch5, M. Blom, M. Bluj, M. Boonekamp, P.S.L. Booth, G. Borisov, O. Botner, B. Bouquet3, T.J.V. Bowcock, I. Boyko, M. Bracko, R. Brenner, E. Brodet, P. Bruckman, J.M. Brunet6, P. Buschmann, M. Calvi, T. Camporesi, V. Canale, F. Carena, N. Castro, F. Cavallo, M. Chapkin, Ph. Charpentier, P. Checchia, R. Chierici, P. Chliapnikov, J. Chudoba, S.U. Chung, K. Cieslik, P. Collins, R. Contri, G. Cosme3, F. Cossutti, M.J. Costa, D. Crennell, J. Cuevas, J. D'Hondt, J. Dalmau, T. Da Silva, W. Da Silva1, G. Della Ricca, A. De Angelis, W. de Boer, C. De Clercq, B. De Lotto, N. De Maria, A. De Min, L. De Paula, L. Di Ciaccio, A. Di Simone, K. Doroba, J. Drees, G. Eigen, T. Ekelof, M. Ellert, M.C. Espirito Santo, G. Fanourakis, D. Fassouliotis, M. Feindt, J. Fernandez, A. Ferrer, F. Ferro, U. Flagmeyer, H. Foeth, E. Fokitis, F. Fulda-Quenzer3, J. Fuster, M. Gandelman, C. Garcia, Ph. Gavillet, E. Gazis, R. Gokieli, B. Golob, G. Gomez-Ceballos, P. Goncalves, E. Graziani, G. Grosdidier3, K. Grzelak, J. Guy, C. Haag, A. Hallgren, K. Hamacher, K. Hamilton, S. Haug, F. Hauler, V. Hedberg, M. Hennecke, H. Herr, J. Hoffman, S.-O. Holmgren, P.J. Holt, M.A. Houlden, K. Hultqvist, G. Jarlskog, P. Jarry, D. Jeans, E.K. Johansson, P.D. Johansson, P. Jonsson4, C. Joram, L. Jungermann, F. Kapusta1, S. Katsanevas4, E. Katsoufis, G. Kernel, B.P. Kersevan, U. Kerzel, B.T. King, P. Kluit, P. Kokkinias, C. Kourkoumelis, O. Kouznetsov, Z. Krumstein, J. Lamsa, G. Leder, F. Ledroit2, L. Leinonen, R. Leitner, J. Lemonne, V. .Lepeltier3, T. Lesiak, W. Liebig, D. Liko, A. Lipniacka, J.H. Lopes, J.M. Lopez, D. Loukas, P. Lutz, L. Lyons, J. MacNaughton, A. Malek, S. Maltezos, F. Mandl, J. Marco, R. Marco, B. Marechal, M. Margoni, J.-C. Marin, C. Mariotti, A. Markou, C. Martinez-Rivero, J. Masik, N. Mastroyiannopoulos, F. Matorras, C. Matteuzzi, F. Mazzucato, M. Mazzucato, R. Mc Nulty, C. Meroni, E. Migliore, W. Mitaroff, U. Mjoernmark, T. Moa, M. Moch, K. Moenig, R. Monge, J. Montenegro, D. Moraes, S. Moreno, P. Morettini, K. Muenich, M. Mulders, L. Mundim, W. Murray, B. Muryn, G. Myatt, T. Myklebust, M. Nassiakou, F. Navarria, K. Nawrocki, R. Nicolaidou, V. Nikolaenko, M. Nikolenko, A. Oblakowska-Mucha, V. Obraztsov, A. Olshevski, A. Onofre, R. Orava, K. Osterberg, A. Ouraou, A. Oyanguren, M. Paganoni, S. Paiano, J.P. Palacios, H. Palka, Th.D. Papadopoulou, L. Pape, C. Parkes, F. Parodi, U. Parzefall, A. Passeri, O. Passon, V. Perepelitsa, A. Perrotta, A. Petrolini, J. Piedra, L. Pieri, F. Pierre, M. Pimenta, E. Piotto, T. Podobnik, V. Poireau, M.E. Pol, G. Polok, V. Pozdniakov, N. Pukhaeva, A. Pullia, J. Rames, A. Read, P. Rebecchi, J. Rehn, D. Reid, R. Reinhardt, P. Renton, F. Richard3, J. Ridky, D. Rodriguez, A. Romero, P. Ronchese, P. Roudeau3, V. Ruhlmann-Kleider, D. Ryabtchikov, A. Sadovsky, L. Salmi, J. Salt, C. Sander, A. Savoy-Navarro1, U. Schwickerath, A. Segar, R. Sekulin, M. Siebel, A. Sisakian, G. Smadja4, O. Smirnova, A. Sokolov, A. Sopczak, R. Sosnowski, T. Spassov, M. Stanitzki, A. Stocchi3, J. Strauss, B. Stugu, M. Szczekowski, M. Szeptycka, T. Szumlak, T. Tabarelli, A.C. Taffard, F. Tegenfeldt, J. Timmermans, L. Tkatchev, M. Tobin, S. Todorovova, B. Tome, A. Tonazzo, P. Tortosa, P. Travnicek, D. Treille, G. Tristram6, M. Trochimczuk, C. Troncon, M.-L. Turluer, I.A. Tyapkin, P. Tyapkin, S. Tzamarias, V. Uvarov, G. Valenti, P. van Dam, J. Van Eldik, N. Van Remortel, I. Van Vulpen, G. Vegni, F. Veloso, W. Venus, P. Verdier4, V. Verzi, D. Vilanova, L. Vitale, V. Vrba, H. Wahlen, A.J. Washbrook, C. Weiser, D. Wicke, J. Wickens, G. Wilkinson, M. Winter5, M. Witek, O. Yushchenko, A. Zalewska, P. Zalewski, D. Zavrtanik, V. Zhuravlov, A. Zintchenko, M. Zupan |
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| Abstract: |
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The pseudoscalar meson eta_b has been searched for in two-photon interactions at LEP II. The data sample corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 617 pb^{-1} at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 161 to 209 GeV. Upper limits at a confidence level of 95% on the product Gamma_{\gamma\gamma}(eta_b) x BR(eta_b) are 190, 470 and 660 eV/c^2 for the eta_b decaying into 4, 6 and 8 charged particles, respectively. |
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DELPHI |
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Article in peer-reviewed journal |
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Publication or writing date: |
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2006 |
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| Physics Letters B (Phys. Lett. B) |
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Elsevier |
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0370-2693 |
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634 |
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340-346 |
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CERN-PH-EP-2005-028, LPSC 0605, LAL 06-17 |
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Accepted by Phys. Lett. B - Delphi |
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