Published March 24, 2006 | Version v1
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Radiative Decays and the Nature of Heavy Quarkonia

  • 1. Departament d'Estructura i Constituents de la Materia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain)

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We argue that the photon spectra in radiative decays of various heavy quarkonium states provide important information on their nature. If two of these states are in the strong coupling regime, we are able to produce a parameter-free model-independent formula, which holds at next-to-leading order and includes both direct and fragmentation contributions. When the formula is checked against recent CLEO data it favors Υ(2S) and Υ(3S) in the strong coupling regime and disfavors Υ(1S) in it

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
96
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 111801-111801.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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(c) 2006 The American Physical Society