Bottom eta meson

The bottom eta meson (η
b) or eta-b meson is a flavorless meson formed from a bottom quark and its antiparticle. It was first observed by the BaBar experiment at SLAC in 2008, and is the lightest particle containing a bottom and anti-bottom quark.

See also

• Quarkonium, the general name for mesons formed from a quark and the corresponding antiquark.
• List of mesons

References

1. Aubert, B.; et al. (2008). "Observation of the Bottomonium Ground State in the Decay ϒ(3S)→γη
   b" (PDF). Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (7): 071801. Bibcode:2008PhRvL.101g1801A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.071801. PMID 18764521. 
2. Godfrey, S. (2008). "Searching high and low for bottomonium". Physics 1: 11. Bibcode:2008PhyOJ...1...11G. doi:10.1103/Physics.1.11. 

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