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Experimental Study of chib(2P) --> pi pi chib(1P)

C. Cawlfield, CLEO Collaboration

hep-exarXiv:hep-ex/0511019

Abstract

We have searched for the di-pion transition chib(2P) -> pi pi chib(1P) in the CLEO III sample of Upsilon(3S) decays in the exclusive decay chain: Upsilon(3S) -> gamma chib(2P), chib(2P) -> pi pi chib(1P), chib(1P) -> gamma Upsilon(1S), Upsilon(1S) -> lepton pairs. Our studies include both pi+ pi- and pi0 pi0, each analyzed both in fully reconstructed events and in events with one pion undetected. We show that the null hypothesis is not substantiated. Under reasonable assumptions, we find the partial decay width to be Gamma[chib(2P) -> pi pi chib(1P)] = (0.83 +/- 0.22 +/- 0.08 +/- 0.19) keV, with the uncertainties being statistical, internal CLEO systematics, and common systematics from outside sources.

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