Aubert, B; Karyotakis, Y; Lees, JP; Poireau, V; Prencipe, E; Prudent, X; Tisserand, V; Garra Tico, J; Grauges, E; Martinelli, M; Palano, A; Pappagallo, M; Eigen, G; Stugu, B; Sun, L; Battaglia, M; Brown, DN; Kerth, LT; Kolomensky, Yu G; Lynch, G; Osipenkov, IL; Petigura, E; Tackmann, K; Tanabe, T; Hawkes, CM; Soni, N; Watson, AT; Koch, H; Schroeder, T; Asgeirsson, DJ; Fulsom, BG; Hearty, C; Mattison, TS; McKenna, JA; Barrett, M; Khan, A; Randle-Conde, A; Blinov, VE; Bukin, AD; Buzykaev, AR; Druzhinin, VP; Golubev, VB; Onuchin, AP; Serednyakov, SI; Skovpen, Yu I; Solodov, EP; Todyshev, K Yu; Bondioli, M; Curry, S; Eschrich, I; Kirkby, D; Lankford, AJ; Lund, P; Mandelkern, M; Martin, EC; Stoker, DP; Atmacan, H; Gary, JW; Liu, F; Long, O; Vitug, GM; Yasin, Z; Sharma, V; Campagnari, C; Hong, TM; Kovalskyi, D; Mazur, MA; Richman, JD; Beck, TW; Eisner, AM; Heusch, CA; Kroseberg, J; Lockman, WS; Martinez, AJ; Schalk, T; Schumm, BA; Seiden, A; Wang, L; Winstrom, LO; Cheng, CH; Doll, DA; Echenard, B; Fang, F; Hitlin, DG; Narsky, I

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.103.081803

Download PDF

Search for dimuon decays of a light scalar boson in radiative transitions Upsilon-->gammaA0.

2009

Author(s): Aubert, B;
Karyotakis, Y;
Lees, JP;
Poireau, V;
Prencipe, E;
Prudent, X;
Tisserand, V;
Garra Tico, J;
Grauges, E;
Martinelli, M;
Palano, A;
Pappagallo, M;
Eigen, G;
Stugu, B;
Sun, L;
Battaglia, M;
Brown, DN;
Kerth, LT;
Kolomensky, Yu G;
Lynch, G;
Osipenkov, IL;
Petigura, E;
Tackmann, K;
Tanabe, T;
Hawkes, CM;
Soni, N;
Watson, AT;
Koch, H;
Schroeder, T;
Asgeirsson, DJ;
Fulsom, BG;
Hearty, C;
Mattison, TS;
McKenna, JA;
Barrett, M;
Khan, A;
Randle-Conde, A;
Blinov, VE;
Bukin, AD;
Buzykaev, AR;
Druzhinin, VP;
Golubev, VB;
Onuchin, AP;
Serednyakov, SI;
Skovpen, Yu I;
Solodov, EP;
Todyshev, K Yu;
Bondioli, M;
Curry, S;
Eschrich, I;
Kirkby, D;
Lankford, AJ;
Lund, P;
Mandelkern, M;
Martin, EC;
Stoker, DP;
Atmacan, H;
Gary, JW;
Liu, F;
Long, O;
Vitug, GM;
Yasin, Z;
Sharma, V;
Campagnari, C;
Hong, TM;
Kovalskyi, D;
Mazur, MA;
Richman, JD;
Beck, TW;
Eisner, AM;
Heusch, CA;
Kroseberg, J;
Lockman, WS;
Martinez, AJ;
Schalk, T;
Schumm, BA;
Seiden, A;
Wang, L;
Winstrom, LO;
Cheng, CH;
Doll, DA;
Echenard, B;
Fang, F;
Hitlin, DG;
Narsky, I;
Ongmongkolku, P;
Piatenko, T;
Porter, FC;
Andreassen, R;
Mancinelli, G;
Meadows, BT;
Mishra, K;
Sokoloff, MD;
Bloom, PC;
Ford, WT;
Gaz, A;
Hirschauer, JF;
Nagel, M;
Nauenberg, U;
Smith, JG;
Wagner, SR;
Ayad, R;
Toki, WH;
Wilson, RJ;
Feltresi, E;
Hauke, A;
Jasper, H;
Karbach, TM;
Merkel, J;
Petzold, A;
Spaan, B;
Wacker, K;
Kobel, MJ;
Nogowski, R;
Schubert, KR;
Schwierz, R;
Volk, A;
Bernard, D;
Latour, E;
Verderi, M;
Clark, PJ;
Playfer, S;
Watson, JE;
Andreotti, M;
Bettoni, D;
Bozzi, C;
Calabrese, R;
Cecchi, A;
Cibinetto, G;
Fioravanti, E;
Franchini, P;
Luppi, E;
Munerato, M;
Negrini, M;
Petrella, A;
Piemontese, L;
Santoro, V;
Baldini-Ferroli, R;
Calcaterra, A;
de Sangro, R;
Finocchiaro, G;
Pacetti, S;
Patteri, P;
Peruzzi, IM;
Piccolo, M;
Rama, M;
Zallo, A;
Contri, R;
Guido, E;
Lo Vetere, M;
Monge, MR;
Passaggio, S;
Patrignani, C;
Robutti, E;
Tosi, S;
Chaisanguanthum, KS;
Morii, M;
Adametz, A;
Marks, J;
Schenk, S;
Uwer, U;
Bernlochner, FU;
Klose, V;
Lacker, HM;
Bard, DJ;
Dauncey, PD;
Tibbetts, M;
Behera, PK;
Charles, MJ;
Mallik, U;
Cochran, J;
Crawley, HB;
Dong, L;
Eyges, V;
Meyer, WT;
Prell, S;
Rosenberg, EI;
Rubin, AE;
Gao, YY;
Gritsan, AV;
Guo, ZJ;
Arnaud, N;
Béquilleux, J;
D'Orazio, A;
Davier, M;
Derkach, D;
Firmino da Costa, J;
Grosdidier, G;
Le Diberder, F;
Lepeltier, V;
Lutz, AM;
Malaescu, B;
Pruvot, S;
Roudeau, P;
Schune, MH;
Serrano, J;
Sordini, V;
Stocchi, A;
Wormser, G;
Lange, DJ;
Wright, DM;
Bingham, I;
Burke, JP;
Chavez, CA;
Fry, JR;
Gabathuler, E;
Gamet, R;
Hutchcroft, DE;
Payne, DJ;
Touramanis, C;
Bevan, AJ;
Clarke, CK;
Di Lodovico, F;
Sacco, R;
Sigamani, M;
Cowan, G;
Paramesvaran, S;
Wren, AC;
Brown, DN;
Davis, CL;
Denig, AG;
Fritsch, M;
Gradl, W;
Hafner, A;
Alwyn, KE;
Bailey, D;
Barlow, RJ;
Jackson, G;
Lafferty, GD;
West, TJ;
Yi, JI;
Anderson, J;
Chen, C;
Jawahery, A;
Roberts, DA;
Simi, G;
Tuggle, JM;
Dallapiccola, C;
Salvati, E;
Cowan, R;
Dujmic, D;
Fisher, PH;
Henderson, SW;
Sciolla, G;
Spitznagel, M;
Yamamoto, RK;
Zhao, M;
Patel, PM;
Robertson, SH;
Schram, M;
Biassoni, P;
Lazzaro, A;
Lombardo, V;
Palombo, F;
Stracka, S;
Bauer, JM;
Cremaldi, L;
Godang, R;
Kroeger, R;
Sonnek, P;
Summers, DJ;
Zhao, HW;
Simard, M;
Taras, P;
Nicholson, H;
De Nardo, G;
Lista, L;
Monorchio, D;
Onorato, G;
Sciacca, C;
Raven, G;
Snoek, HL;
Jessop, CP;
Knoepfel, KJ;
LoSecco, JM;
Wang, WF;
Corwin, LA;
Honscheid, K;
Kagan, H;
Kass, R;
Morris, JP;
Rahimi, AM;
Regensburger, JJ;
Sekula, SJ;
Wong, QK;
Blount, NL;
Brau, J;
Frey, R;
Igonkina, O;
Kolb, JA;
Lu, M;
Rahmat, R;
Sinev, NB;
Strom, D;
Strube, J;
Torrence, E;
Castelli, G;
Gagliardi, N;
Margoni, M;
Morandin, M;
Posocco, M;
Rotondo, M;
Simonetto, F;
Stroili, R;
Voci, C;
del Amo Sanchez, P;
Ben-Haim, E;
Bonneaud, GR;
Briand, H;
Chauveau, J;
Hamon, O;
Leruste, Ph;
Marchiori, G;
Ocariz, J;
Perez, A;
Prendki, J;
Sitt, S;
Gladney, L;
Biasini, M;
Manoni, E;
Angelini, C;
Batignani, G;
Bettarini, S;
Calderini, G;
Carpinelli, M;
Cervelli, A;
Forti, F;
Giorgi, MA;
Lusiani, A;
Morganti, M;
Neri, N;
Paoloni, E;
Rizzo, G;
Walsh, JJ;
Lopes Pegna, D;
Lu, C;
Olsen, J;
Smith, AJS;
Telnov, AV;
Anulli, F;
Baracchini, E;
Cavoto, G;
Faccini, R;
Ferrarotto, F;
Ferroni, F;
Gaspero, M;
Jackson, PD;
Li Gioi, L;
Mazzoni, MA;
Morganti, S;
Piredda, G;
Renga, F;
Voena, C;
Ebert, M;
Hartmann, T;
Schröder, H;
Waldi, R;
Adye, T;
Franek, B;
Olaiya, EO;
Wilson, FF;
Emery, S;
Esteve, L;
Hamel de Monchenault, G;
Kozanecki, W;
Vasseur, G;
Yèche, Ch;
Zito, M;
Allen, MT;
Aston, D;
Bartoldus, R;
Benitez, JF;
Cenci, R;
Coleman, JP;
Convery, MR;
Dingfelder, JC;
Dorfan, J;
Dubois-Felsmann, GP;
Dunwoodie, W;
Field, RC;
Franco Sevilla, M;
Gabareen, AM;
Graham, MT;
Grenier, P;
Hast, C;
Innes, WR;
Kaminski, J;
Kelsey, MH;
Kim, H;
Kim, P;
Kocian, ML;
Leith, DWGS;
Li, S;
Lindquist, B;
Luitz, S;
Luth, V;
Lynch, HL;
MacFarlane, DB;
Marsiske, H;
Messner, R;
Muller, DR;
Neal, H;
Nelson, S;
O'Grady, CP;
Ofte, I;
Perl, M;
Ratcliff, BN;
Roodman, A;
Salnikov, AA;
Schindler, RH;
Schwiening, J;
Snyder, A;
Su, D;
Sullivan, MK;
Suzuki, K;
Swain, SK;
Thompson, JM;
Va'vra, J;
Wagner, AP;
Weaver, M;
West, CA;
Wisniewski, WJ;
Wittgen, M;
Wright, DH;
Wulsin, HW;
Yarritu, AK;
Young, CC;
Ziegler, V;
Chen, XR;
Liu, H;
Park, W;
Purohit, MV;
White, RM;
Wilson, JR;
Burchat, PR;
Edwards, AJ;
Miyashita, TS;
Ahmed, S;
Alam, MS;
Ernst, JA;
Pan, B;
Saeed, MA;
Zain, SB;
Soffer, A;
Spanier, SM;
Wogsland, BJ;
Eckmann, R;
Ritchie, JL;
Ruland, AM;
Schilling, CJ;
Schwitters, RF;
Wray, BC;
Drummond, BW;
Izen, JM;
Lou, XC;
Bianchi, F;
Gamba, D;
Pelliccioni, M;
Bomben, M;
Bosisio, L;
Cartaro, C;
Della Ricca, G;
Lanceri, L;
Vitale, L;
Azzolini, V;
Lopez-March, N;
Martinez-Vidal, F;
Milanes, DA;
Oyanguren, A;
Albert, J;
Banerjee, Sw;
Bhuyan, B;
Choi, HHF;
Hamano, K;
King, GJ;
Kowalewski, R;
Lewczuk, MJ;
Nugent, IM;
Roney, JM;
Sobie, RJ;
Gershon, TJ;
Harrison, PF;
Ilic, J;
Latham, TE;
Mohanty, GB;
Puccio, EMT;
Band, HR;
Chen, X;
Dasu, S;
Flood, KT;
Pan, Y;
Prepost, R;
Vuosalo, CO;
Wu, SL;
BABAR Collaboration
et al.

Published Web Location

https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.103.081803

Creative Commons 'BY' version 4.0 license

Abstract

We search for evidence of a light scalar boson in the radiative decays of the Upsilon(2S) and Upsilon(3S) resonances: Upsilon(2S,3S)-->gammaA0, A0-->mu+mu-. Such a particle appears in extensions of the standard model, where a light CP-odd Higgs boson naturally couples strongly to b quarks. We find no evidence for such processes in the mass range 0.212 < or = mA0 < or = 9.3 GeV in the samples of 99 x 10(6) Upsilon(2S) and 122 x 10(6) Upsilon(3S) decays collected by the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II B factory and set stringent upper limits on the effective coupling of the b quark to the A0. We also limit the dimuon branching fraction of the etab meson: B(etab-->mu+mu-)<0.9% at 90% confidence level.

Many UC-authored scholarly publications are freely available on this site because of the UC's open access policies. Let us know how this access is important for you.

Main Content

For improved accessibility of PDF content, download the file to your device.

UC Irvine

Search for dimuon decays of a light scalar boson in radiative transitions Upsilon-->gammaA0.

Published Web Location