We search for evidence of a light scalar boson in the radiative decays of the Upsilon(2S) and Upsilon(3S) resonances: Upsilon(2S,3S)->gamma A(0), A(0)->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 < m(A)(0)< 9.3 GeV in the samples of 99x10(6) Upsilon(2S) and 122x10(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 A(0). We also limit the dimuon branching fraction of the eta(b) meson: B(eta(b)->mu(+)mu(-))< 0.9% at 90% confidence level.

Search for Dimuon Decays of a Light Scalar Boson in Radiative Transitions Upsilon ->gamma A(0) / Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., Tisserand, V., Tico, J.G., Grauges, E., Martinelli, M., Palano, A., Pappagallo, M., Eigen, G., Stugu, B., Sun, L., Battaglia, M., Brown, D.N., Kerth, L.T., Kolomensky, Y.G., Lynch, G., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 103:(2009), pp. 081803-081803. [10.1103/physrevlett.103.081803]

Search for Dimuon Decays of a Light Scalar Boson in Radiative Transitions Upsilon ->gamma A(0)

CAVOTO, Gianluca;FACCINI, Riccardo;FERRONI, Fernando;GASPERO, Mario;C. Voena;
2009

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)->gamma A(0), A(0)->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 < m(A)(0)< 9.3 GeV in the samples of 99x10(6) Upsilon(2S) and 122x10(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 A(0). We also limit the dimuon branching fraction of the eta(b) meson: B(eta(b)->mu(+)mu(-))< 0.9% at 90% confidence level.
2009
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Search for Dimuon Decays of a Light Scalar Boson in Radiative Transitions Upsilon ->gamma A(0) / Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., Tisserand, V., Tico, J.G., Grauges, E., Martinelli, M., Palano, A., Pappagallo, M., Eigen, G., Stugu, B., Sun, L., Battaglia, M., Brown, D.N., Kerth, L.T., Kolomensky, Y.G., Lynch, G., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 103:(2009), pp. 081803-081803. [10.1103/physrevlett.103.081803]
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