Bottom_eta_meson

Bottom eta meson

Bottom eta meson

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The bottom eta meson (
η
b) or eta-b meson is a flavourless meson formed from a bottom quark and its antiparticle. It was first observed by the BaBar experiment at SLAC in 2008, and is the lightest particle containing a bottom and anti-bottom quark.

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References

  1. Aubert, B.; et al. (2008). "Observation of the Bottomonium Ground State in the Decay
    ϒ
    (3S)→
    γ

    η
    b    ". Physical Review Letters. 101 (7): 071801. arXiv:0807.1086. Bibcode:2008PhRvL.101g1801A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.071801. PMID 18764521. S2CID 17291017.
  2. Godfrey, S. (2008). "Searching high and low for bottomonium". Physics. Vol. 1. p. 11. Bibcode:2008PhyOJ...1...11G. doi:10.1103/Physics.1.11.


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