Masses of the η_c(nS) and η_b(nS) mesons

dc.creatorBadalian, A. M.
dc.creatorBakker, B. L. G.
dc.date2006-09-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:05:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:05:40Z
dc.descriptionThe hyperfine splittings in heavy quarkonia are studied using new experimental data on the di-electron widths. The smearing of the spin-spin interaction is taken into account, while the radius of smearing is fixed by the known $J/ψ-η_c(1S)$ and $ψ(2S)-η'_c(2S)$ splittings and appears to be small, $r_{ss} \approx 0.06$ fm. Nevertheless, even with such a small radius an essential suppression of the hyperfine splittings ($\sim 50%)$ is observed in bottomonium. For the $nS b\bar b$ states $(n=1,2,...6)$ the values we predict (in MeV) are 28, 12, 10, 6, 6, and 3, respectively. In single-channel approximation for the $3S$ and $4S$ charmonium states the splittings 16(2) MeV and 12(4) MeV are obtained.
dc.description13 pages, no figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0609044
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0609044
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B646:29-33,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.physletb.2006.12.066
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/189275
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleMasses of the η_c(nS) and η_b(nS) mesons
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