https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6086-4
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Inclusive study of bottomonium production in association with an 
meson in 
annihilations near 
Belle Collaboration
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INFN-Sezione di Torino, 10125, Turin, Italy
2
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, 305-0801, Japan
3
SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, 240-0193, Japan
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Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71451, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, 141700, Russia
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Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 400005, India
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King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, 11442, Saudi Arabia
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School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
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School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, SAS Nagar, 140306, India
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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India
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J. Stefan Institute, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kraków, 31-342, Poland
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University of Maribor, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia
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University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
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Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16, Prague, Czech Republic
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National Central University, Chungli, 32054, Taiwan
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Hanyang University, Seoul, 133-791, South Korea
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P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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Moscow Physical Engineering Institute, Moscow, 115409, Russia
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Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon, 305-806, South Korea
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Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 440-746, South Korea
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Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Satya Nagar, 751007, India
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Deutsches Elektronen–Synchrotron, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Niigata University, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan
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Nara Women’s University, Nara, 630-8506, Japan
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Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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Osaka City University, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, South Korea
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Chonnam National University, Kwangju, 660-701, South Korea
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Soongsil University, Seoul, 156-743, South Korea
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Korea University, Seoul, 136-713, South Korea
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University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA
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Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 38677, USA
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Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, 30144, Georgia
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Yonsei University, Seoul, 120-749, South Korea
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Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805, Munich, Germany
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University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
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University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, 889-2192, Japan
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INFN-Sezione di Napoli, 80126, Naples, Italy
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Kanagawa University, Yokohama, 221-8686, Japan
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Nippon Dental University, Niigata, 951-8580, Japan
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Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany
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Luther College, Decorah, IA, 52101, USA
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Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539, Munich, Germany
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University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48080, Bilbao, Spain
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IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013, Bilbao, Spain
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Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna, 1050, Austria
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Yamagata University, Yamagata, 990-8560, Japan
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Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
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Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, 142281, Russia
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Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
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Showa Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, 194-8543, Japan
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J-PARC Branch, KEK Theory Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, 305-0801, Japan
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Theoretical Research Division, Nishina Center, RIKEN, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka, 319-1195, Japan
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Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47408, USA
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National United University, Miao Li, 36003, Taiwan
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University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
* e-mail: tamponi@to.infn.it
Received:
9
March
2018
Accepted:
18
July
2018
Published online:
9
August
2018
We study bottomonium production in association with an meson in annihilations near the , at a centre-of-mass energy of 
GeV. The results are based on the 121.4 fb
data sample collected by the Belle experiment at the asymmetric-energy KEKB collider. Only the meson is reconstructed and the missing-mass spectrum of candidates is investigated. We observe the 
process and find evidence for the 
process, while no significant signals of 
, 
, nor 
are found. Cross sections for the studied processes are reported.
© The Author(s), 2018
