Measurement of the energy dependence of the e+e− → $$ B\overline{B} $$, $$ B{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$, and $$ {B}^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ cross sections at Belle II

• Published in: The journal of high energy physics 2024-10, Vol.2024 (10), Article 114
• Main Authors: Adachi, I., Aggarwal, L., Ahmed, H., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Althubiti, N., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D. M., Atmacan, H., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Aversano, M., Ayad, R., Babu, V., Bae, H., Bahinipati, S., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw, Bansal, S., Barrett, M., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Baur, A., Beaubien, A., Becherer, F., Becker, J., Behera, P. K., Bennett, J. V., Bernlochner, F. U., Bertacchi, V., Bertemes, M., Bertholet, E., Bessner, M., Bettarini, S., Bhuyan, B., Bianchi, F., Bierwirth, L., Bilka, T., Biswas, D., Bobrov, A., Bodrov, D., Bolz, A., Bondar, A., Borah, J., Boschetti, A., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Branchini, P., Briere, R. A., Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Campagna, Q., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Cecchi, C., Cerasoli, J., Chang, M.-C., Chang, P., Cheema, P., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H.-E., Cho, K., Cho, S.-J., Choi, S.-K., Choudhury, S., Cochran, J., Corona, L., Cui, J. X., Das, S., Dattola, F., De La Cruz-Burelo, E., De La Motte, S. A., de Marino, G., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., Dey, S., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Di Capua, F., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Domínguez Jiménez, I., Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dorner, D., Dort, K., Dossett, D., Dreyer, S., Dubey, S., Dugic, K., Dujany, G., Ecker, P.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1029-8479; 1029-8479
• DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2024)114

We report measurements of the e + e − → $$ B\overline{B} $$ B B ¯ , $$ B{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ B B ¯ ∗ , and $$ {B}^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ B ∗ B ¯ ∗ cross sections at four energies, 10653, 10701, 10746 and 10805 MeV, using data collected by the Belle II experiment. We reconstruct one B meson in a large number of hadronic final states and use its momentum to identify the production process. In the first 2 – 5 MeV above $$ {B}^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ B ∗ B ¯ ∗ threshold, the e + e − → $$ {B}^{\ast }{\overline{B}}^{\ast } $$ B ∗ B ¯ ∗ cross section increases rapidly. This may indicate the presence of a pole close to the threshold.