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Antideuteron production in Υ(nS) decays and the nearby continuum

  • D. M. Asner
    ,
  • K. W. Edwards
    ,
  • R. A. Briere
    ,
  • J. Chen
    ,
  • T. Ferguson
    ,
  • G. Tatishvili
  • Carleton University
    ,
  • Carnegie Mellon University
    ,
  • The University of Chicago
    ,
  • Cornell University
    ,
  • University of Florida
    ,
  • George Mason University
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Abstract

Using CLEO data, we study the production of the antideuteron, d̄, in Υ(nS) resonance decays and the nearby continuum. The branching ratios obtained are Bdir(Υ(1S)→d̄X)=(3.36±0.23±0.25) ×10-5, B(Υ(1S)→d̄X)=(2.86±0.19±0.21) ×10-5, and B(Υ(2S)→d̄X)=(3.37±0.50±0.25) ×10-5, where the "dir" superscript indicates that decays produced via reannihilation of the bb̄ pair to a γ* are removed from both the signal and the normalizing number of Υ(1S) decays in order to isolate direct decays of the Υ(1S) to ggg, ggγ. Upper limits at 90% C.L. are given for B(Υ(4S)→d̄X)<1.3×10-5, and continuum production σ(e+e-→d̄X)<0.031pb. The Υ(2S) data is also used to extract a limit on χbJ→d̄X. The results indicate enhanced deuteron production in ggg, ggγ hadronization compared to γ*→qq̄. Baryon number compensation is also investigated with the large Υ(1S)→d̄X sample.

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Research Output:
Contribution to journal
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Original language

English

Article number

012009

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology (Volume 75, Issue 1)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 30/01/2007

Publication status

Published - 30/01/2007

ISSN

1550-7998

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  • Scopus: 33846482481
  • WOS: 000243896200016