We study prompt hadroproduction of the charged bottomonium-like states Zb± （10610） and Zb±（10650）, and the charged eharmonium-like states Zc± （3900） and Zc± （4020）, at the Tevatron and the ...We study prompt hadroproduction of the charged bottomonium-like states Zb± （10610） and Zb±（10650）, and the charged eharmonium-like states Zc± （3900） and Zc± （4020）, at the Tevatron and the LHC, provided that these states are S-wave hadronic molecules. Using two Monte Carlo event generators, Herwig and Pythia, to simulate the production of heavy meson pairs, we derive an order-of-magnitude estimate of the production rates for these four particles. Our estimates yield a cross section at the nb level for the Zb（10610） and Zb（10650）. The results for the Zc（3900） and Zc （4020） are larger by a factor of 2~30. These cross sections are large enough to be observed, and measurements at hadron colliders in the future will supplement the study using electron-positron collisions, and therefore allow to explore the mysterious nature of these exotic states.展开更多
The Standard Model （SM） Higgs boson was predicted by theorists in the 1960s during the development of the electroweak theory. Prior to the startup of the CERN Large Hadron Collider （LHC）, experimental searches fou...The Standard Model （SM） Higgs boson was predicted by theorists in the 1960s during the development of the electroweak theory. Prior to the startup of the CERN Large Hadron Collider （LHC）, experimental searches found no evidence of the Higgs boson. In July 2012, the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC reported the discovery of a new bosun in their searches for the SM Higgs boson. Subsequent experimental studies have revealed the spin-0 nature of this new boson and found its couplings to SM particles consistent to those of a Higgs boson. These measurements confirmed the newly discovered boson is indeed a Higgs bosun. More measurements will be performed to compare the properties of the Higgs boson with the SM predictions.展开更多
基金Supported in part by the DFG and the NSFC through funds provided to the Sino-German CRC 110 ＂Symmetries and the Emergence of Structure in QCD＂, and by the NSFC under Grant No. 11165005
文摘We study prompt hadroproduction of the charged bottomonium-like states Zb± （10610） and Zb±（10650）, and the charged eharmonium-like states Zc± （3900） and Zc± （4020）, at the Tevatron and the LHC, provided that these states are S-wave hadronic molecules. Using two Monte Carlo event generators, Herwig and Pythia, to simulate the production of heavy meson pairs, we derive an order-of-magnitude estimate of the production rates for these four particles. Our estimates yield a cross section at the nb level for the Zb（10610） and Zb（10650）. The results for the Zc（3900） and Zc （4020） are larger by a factor of 2~30. These cross sections are large enough to be observed, and measurements at hadron colliders in the future will supplement the study using electron-positron collisions, and therefore allow to explore the mysterious nature of these exotic states.
基金supported by the Director,Office of Science,Offices of High Energy and Nuclear Physics of the U.S.Department of Energy(Grant No.DE-AC02-05CH11231)
文摘The Standard Model （SM） Higgs boson was predicted by theorists in the 1960s during the development of the electroweak theory. Prior to the startup of the CERN Large Hadron Collider （LHC）, experimental searches found no evidence of the Higgs boson. In July 2012, the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC reported the discovery of a new bosun in their searches for the SM Higgs boson. Subsequent experimental studies have revealed the spin-0 nature of this new boson and found its couplings to SM particles consistent to those of a Higgs boson. These measurements confirmed the newly discovered boson is indeed a Higgs bosun. More measurements will be performed to compare the properties of the Higgs boson with the SM predictions.
