On the possibility to observe higher $n^3D_1$ bottomonium states in the $e^+e^-$ processes

Abstract

The possibility to observe new bottomonium states with $J^{PC}= 1^{--}$ in the region $10.7-11.1$ GeV is discussed. The analysis of the di-electron widths shows that the $(n+1)^3S_1$ and $n^3D_1$ states ($n\geq 3$) may be mixed with a rather large mixing angle, $θ\sim30^\circ$ and this effect provides the correct values of $Γ_{ee}(Υ(10580))$ and $Γ_{ee}(Υ(11020))$. On the other hand, the $S-D$ mixing gives rise to an increase by two orders of magnitude of the di-electron widths of the mixed $\tildeΥ(n^3D_1$) resonances ($n=3,4,5$), which originate from pure $D-$wave states. The value $Γ_{ee}(\tildeΥ(3D))=0.095^{+0.028}_{-0.025}$ keV is obtained, being only $\sim 3$ times smaller than the di-electron width of $Υ(10580)$, while $Γ_{ee}(\tildeΥ(5D))\sim 135$ eV appears to be close to $Γ_{ee}(Υ(11020))$ and therefore this resonance may become manifest in the $e^+e^-$ experiments. The mass differences between $M(nD)$ and $M((n+1)S) (n=4,5)$ are shown to be rather small, $50\pm 10$ MeV.