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Analysis of the strong decay $X(4140)\rightarrow J/\psi \phi$ via the light-cone QCD sum rules

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-03-17 v2

Abstract

In this article, we take the X(4140)X(4140) as the axialvector tetraquark state with the symbolic quark structure [sc]S[sˉcˉ]A+[sc]A[sˉcˉ]S[sc]_S[\bar{s}\bar{c}]_A+[sc]_A[\bar{s}\bar{c}]_S, and calculate the width of the two-body strong decay X(4140)J/ψϕX(4140)\rightarrow J/\psi \phi within the framework of the light-cone sum rules. Different from the traditional light-cone sum rules, at the phenomenological side, we introduce parameters CC to eliminate the contaminations from the higher resonances and continuum states, and match the hadron side with the QCD side of the correlation function based on rigorous quark-hadron duality to obtain the stable QCD sum rules. Then we obtain the decay width Γ(X(4140)J/ψϕ)=145±21MeV\Gamma(X(4140)\rightarrow J/\psi \phi)=145\pm21\, \text{MeV}, which is reasonable according to the experimental data 162±2149+24MeV162\pm21^{+24}_{-49 } \,\text{MeV} from the LHCb collaboration. The numerical result supports the possibility that the X(4140)X(4140) could be the [sc]S[sˉcˉ]A+[sc]A[sˉcˉ]S[sc]_S[\bar{s}\bar{c}]_A+[sc]_A[\bar{s}\bar{c}]_S type axialvector tetraquark state.

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@article{arxiv.2511.08201,
  title  = {Analysis of the strong decay $X(4140)\rightarrow J/\psi \phi$ via the light-cone QCD sum rules},
  author = {Zun-Yan Di and Zhi-Gang Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.08201},
  year   = {2026}
}

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10 pages, 1 figure