Production of pseudovector heavy quarkonia by virtual Z boson in electron-positron collisions

Abstract

It is shown that $BR(χ_{b1}(1P)\rightarrow Z\rightarrow e^+e^-)\simeq 3.3\cdot 10^{-7}$, $BR(χ_{b1}(2P)\rightarrow Z\rightarrow e^+e^-)\simeq 4.1\cdot 10^{-7}$ and $BR(χ_{c1}(1P)\rightarrow Z\rightarrow e^+e^-)\simeq 10^{-8}$ that give a good chance to search for the direct production of pseudovector $^3P_1$ heavy quarkonia in $e^+e^-$ collisions ($e^+e^-\rightarrow Z\rightarrow ^3P_1$) even at current facilities not to mention $b$ and $c-τ$ factories. Leading radiative corrections to annihilation of quarkonia in QCD are discussed.