https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818101022
Exotic and Conventional Bottomonium Physics Prospects at Belle II
Luther College Department of Physics 700 College Drive Decorah, Iowa, 52101, USA
* e-mail: pedlto01@luther.edu
Published online: 25 June 2018
The Belle II experiment, being constructed at the KEK laboratory in Japan, represents a substantial upgrade of both the Belle detector and the KEKB accelerator. It is expected that Belle II will collect 50 times more data than existing B-Factory samples beginning in 2019. Belle II is uniquely capable of studying the so-called "XYZ" particles: heavy exotic hadrons consisting of more than three quarks. First discovered by Belle, these now number in the dozens, and represent the emergence of a new category within Quantum Chromodynamics. In this article we summarize the capabilities of Belle II to explore both exotic and conventional bottomonium physics, with a particular focus on the physics reach of the first data, where opportunities exist to make an immediate impact in this area.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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