Insights into $Z_b(10610)$ and $Z_b(10650)$ from dipion transitions from $\Upsilon(10860)$

TL;DR

This paper analyzes dipion transitions from the $
0860$ bottomonium state to $
S$, $S$, and $S$ states using a coupled-channel formalism, supporting the molecular interpretation of the $Z_b$ states.

Contribution

It extends previous models by including $
S$, $S$, and $S$ final states with dispersion theory, providing a comprehensive analysis of experimental line shapes.

Findings

Good fit to experimental Dalitz plots for all channels

Supports the molecular nature of $Z_b$ states

Enhances understanding of bottomonium dipion transitions

Abstract

The dipion transitions $\Upsilon(10860)\to\pi^+\pi^-\Upsilon(nS)$ ($n=1,2,3$) are studied in the framework of a unitary and analytic coupled-channel formalism previously developed for analysing experimental data on the bottomoniumlike states $Z_b(10610)$ and $Z_b(10650)$ [Phys. Rev. D 98, 074023 (2018)] and predicting the properties of their spin partners [Phys. Rev. D 99, 094013 (2019)]. In this work we use a relatively simple but realistic version of this approach, where the scattering and production amplitudes are constructed employing only short-ranged interactions between the open- and hidden-flavour channels consistent with the constraints from heavy quark spin symmetry, for an extended analysis of the experimental line shapes. In particular, the transitions from the $\Upsilon(10860)$ to the final states $\pi \pi h_b(mP)$ ($m=1,2$) and $\pi B^{(*)}\bar B^* $ already studied before, are now augmented by the $\Upsilon(10860)\to\pi^+\pi^-\Upsilon(nS)$ final states ($n=1,2,3$). This is achieved by employing dispersion theory to account for the final state interaction of the $\pi\pi$ subsystem including its coupling to the $K\bar K$ channel. Fits to the two-dimensional Dalitz plots for the $\pi^+\pi^-\Upsilon$ final states were performed. Two real subtraction constants are adjusted to achieve the best description of the Dalitz plot for each $\Upsilon(nS)$ $(n=1,2,3)$ while all the parameters related to the properties of the $Z_b$'s are kept fixed from the previous study. A good overall description of the data for all $\Upsilon(10860)\to\pi^+\pi^-\Upsilon(nS)$ channels achieved in this work provides additional strong support for the molecular interpretation of the $Z_b$ states.