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Can the $\pi^+\chi_{c1}$ resonance structures be $D^*\bar{D}^*$ and $D_1\bar{D}$ molecules?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-12-18 v2

Abstract

We use QCD sum rules to study the recently observed resonance-like structures in the π+χc1\pi^+\chi_{c1} mass distribution, Z1+(4050)Z_1^+(4050) and Z2+(4250)Z_2^+(4250), considered as D+Dˉ0D^{*+}\bar{D}^{*0} and D1+Dˉ0+D+Dˉ10D_1^+\bar{D}^0+ D^+\bar{D}_1^0 molecules with the quantum number JP=0+J^P=0^+ and JP=1J^P=1^- respectively. We consider the contributions of condensates up to dimension eight and work at leading order in αs\alpha_s. We obtain mDD=(4.15±0.12)\GeVm_{D^*D^*}=(4.15\pm0.12) \GeV, around 100 MeV above the DDD^*D^* threshold, and mD1D=(4.19±0.22)\GeVm_{D_1D}=(4.19\pm 0.22) \GeV, around 100 MeV below the D1DD_1D threshold. We conclude that the D+Dˉ0D^{*+}\bar{D}^{*0} state is probably a virtual state that is not related with the Z1+(4050)Z_1^+(4050) resonance-like structure. In the case of the D1DD_1D molecular state, considering the errors, its mass is consistent with both Z1+(4050)Z_1^+(4050) and Z2+(4250)Z_2^+(4250) resonance-like structures. Therefore, we conclude that no definite conclusion can be drawn for this state from the present analysis.

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@article{arxiv.0808.0690,
  title  = {Can the $\pi^+\chi_{c1}$ resonance structures be $D^*\bar{D}^*$ and $D_1\bar{D}$ molecules?},
  author = {Su Houng Lee and Kenji Morita and Marina Nielsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.0690},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

revised version accepted for publication in Nucl. Phys. A

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