Bottomonium spectrum at finite temperature

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We investigate the modification of S and P wave states in the bottomonium spectrum above and below the deconfinement crossover temperature through their spectral functions obtained from the maximum entropy method.

• Anisotropic ensembles with $N_f=2+1$ Wilson clover fermions with tadpole-improvement are used while the bottom quark is treated with an improved non-relativistic action.
• We observe significant modifications of the P wave $\chi_{b1}$ ground state directly above the crossover temperature, $T_c$, while the S wave $\Upsilon$ ground state remains relatively unchanged up to temperatures of almost $2T_c$.
• This evidence supports earlier conclusions from our FASTSUM collaboration of the immediate dissociation of the P wave states above $T_c$ and the survival of the S wave ground states up to $2T_c$.