Energy scan of the $e^+e^- to h_b(nP)pi^+pi^-$ $(n=1,2)$ cross sections and evidence for $Upsilon(11020)$ decays into charged bottomonium-like states


Abstract in English

Using data collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collider, we measure the energy dependence of the $e^+e^- to h_b(nP)pi^+pi^-$ $(n=1,2)$ cross sections from thresholds up to $11.02,$GeV. We find clear $Upsilon(10860)$ and $Upsilon(11020)$ peaks with little or no continuum contribution. We study the resonant substructure of the $Upsilon(11020) to h_b(nP)pi^+pi^-$ transitions and find evidence that they proceed entirely via the intermediate isovector states $Z_b(10610)$ and $Z_b(10650)$. The relative fraction of these states is loosely constrained by the current data: the hypothesis that only $Z_b(10610)$ is produced is excluded at the level of 3.3 standard deviations, while the hypothesis that only $Z_b(10650)$ is produced is not excluded at a significant level.

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