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Correlation function for the $n \bar{D}_{s0}^*(2317)$ interaction and the issue of elastic unitarity

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-11-18 v2 Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We study the interaction of a neutron with the Dˉs0(2317)\bar D_{s0}^*(2317) resonance and look at the amplitude below threshold and close above threshold. The study is done from the perspective that the Ds0(2317)D_{s0}^*(2317) resonance is a molecular state of DKDK in I=0I=0. To study this interaction, we use the Fixed Center Approximation to Faddeev equations that considers the DKDK molecule as the cluster and the neutron as the external particle. We improve the Fixed Center approach to implement elastic unitarity around threshold, which is needed to obtain scattering parameters and to evaluate the nDˉs0(2317)n \bar D_{s0}^*(2317) correlation function that we determine here. One interesting result of the study is the appearance of a resonant state below threshold with a binding of about 130 MeV and a width of about 80 MeV, which we suggest to look at in reactions measuring the invariant mass of πΣDˉ\pi \Sigma \bar D. The ALICE collaboration has initiated studies of this type, by looking at the pf1(1285)p f_1(1285) correlation function, and we can only encourage work in this direction which should provide much valuable information on the nature of many resonant states.

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@article{arxiv.2507.16367,
  title  = {Correlation function for the $n \bar{D}_{s0}^*(2317)$ interaction and the issue of elastic unitarity},
  author = {Natsumi Ikeno and Eulogio Oset},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.16367},
  year   = {2025}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures, 1 table