English

A QCD Sum Rule Study of $\Theta^+$ in Nuclear Matter

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We consider a [ud]2sˉ[ud]^2\bar{s} current, in the finite-density QCD sum rule approach, to investigate the scalar and vector self-energies of the recently observed pentaquark state Θ+(1540)\Theta^+(1540), propagating in nuclear mater. We find that, opposite to what was obtained for the nucleon, the vector self-energy is negative, and the scalar self-energy is positive. There is a substantial cancellation between them resulting in an attractive net self-energy of the same order as in the nucleon case.

Cite

@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0408072,
  title  = {A QCD Sum Rule Study of $\Theta^+$ in Nuclear Matter},
  author = {F. S. Navarra and M. Nielsen and K. Tsushima},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0408072},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, 3 figures replaced version accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B