Measurement of the $Υ$(1S) pair production cross section and search for resonances decaying to $Υ$(1S)$μ^+μ^-$ in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV
Journal
Phys. Lett. B 808 (2020) 135578
Journal Volume
808
Date Issued
2020-02-15
Author(s)
Abstract
The fiducial cross section for $\Upsilon$(1S) pair production in
proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV in the region
where both $\Upsilon$(1S) mesons have an absolute rapidity below 2.0 is
measured to be 79 $\pm$ 11 (stat) $\pm$ 6 (syst) $\pm$ 3 ($\mathcal{B}$) pb
assuming the mesons are produced unpolarized. The last uncertainty corresponds
to the uncertainty in the $\Upsilon$(1S) meson dimuon branching fraction. The
measurement is performed in the final state with four muons using proton-proton
collision data collected in 2016 by the CMS experiment at the LHC,
corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb$^{-1}$. This process
serves as a standard model reference in a search for narrow resonances decaying
to $\Upsilon$(1S)$\mu^+\mu^-$ in the same final state. Such a resonance could
indicate the existence of a tetraquark that is a bound state of two b quarks
and two $\bar{\mathrm{b}}$ antiquarks. The tetraquark search is performed for
masses in the vicinity of four times the bottom quark mass, between 17.5 and
19.5 GeV, while a generic search for other resonances is performed for masses
between 16.5 and 27 GeV. No significant excess of events compatible with a
narrow resonance is observed in the data. Limits on the production cross
section times branching fraction to four muons via an intermediate
$\Upsilon$(1S) resonance are set as a function of the resonance mass.
Subjects
CMS | Upsilon; High Energy Physics - Experiment; High Energy Physics - Experiment
Description
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the DOI. All the figures and tables can be found at
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the DOI. All the figures and tables can be found at
http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/BPH-18-002
(CMS Public Pages)
Type
journal article