We estimate the $Upsilon$, $eta_b$ and $B^*$ meson mass shifts in symmetric nuclear matter. The interest is, whether the strengths of the bottomonium-(nuclear matter) and charmonium-(nuclear matter) interactions are similar or different. This is because, each ($J/Psi,Upsilon$) and ($eta_c,eta_b$) meson group is usually assumed to have very similar properties based on the heavy charm and bottom quark masses. The estimate for the $Upsilon$ is made using an SU(5) effective Lagrangian and the anomalous coupling one, by studying the $BB$, $BB^*$, and $B^*B^*$ meson loop contributions for the self-energy. As for the $eta_b$, we include the $BB^*$ and $B^*B^*$ meson loop contributions in the self-energy. The in-medium masses of the $B$ and $B^*$ mesons appearing in the self-energy are calculated by the quark-meson coupling model. An analysis on the $BB$, $BB^*$, and $B^*B^*$ meson loops in the $Upsilon$ mass shift is made by comparing with the corresponding $DD, DD^*$, and $D^*D^*$ meson loops for the $J/Psi$ mass shift. Our prediction for the $eta_b$ mass shift is made including only the lowest order $BB^*$ meson loop. The $Upsilon$ mass shift, with including only the $BB$ loop, is predicted to be -16 to -22 MeV at the nuclear matter saturation density using the $Upsilon BB$ coupling constant determined by the vector meson dominance model with the experimental data, while the $eta_b$ mass shift is predicted to be -75 to -82 MeV with the SU(5) universal coupling constant determined by the $Upsilon BB$ coupling constant. Our results show an appreciable difference between the bottomonium-(nuclear matter) and charmonium-(nuclear matter) interaction strengths. We also study the $Upsilon$ and $eta_b$ mass shifts in a heavy quark (heavy meson) symmetry limit.
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