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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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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EnglishArticle number
012009Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology (Volume 75, Issue 1)Publication milestones
- Published - 30/01/2007
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1550-7998Publication IDs
- Scopus: 33846482481
- WOS: 000243896200016
