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Does A Narrow Tetraquark $cc\bar{u}\bar{d}$ State Exist?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-04-05 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The existence of a shallow or virtual tetraquark state, ccuˉdˉcc\bar{u}\bar{d}, is discussed. Using the putative masses for the doubly charmed baryons (ccu/ccdccu/ccd) from SELEX, the mass of the ccuˉdˉcc\bar{u}\bar{d} state is estimated to be about 3.9GeV3.9 GeV, only slightly above the DDDD^* threshold. The experimental signatures for various ccuˉdˉcc\bar{u}\bar{d} masses are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0209095,
  title  = {Does A Narrow Tetraquark $cc\bar{u}\bar{d}$ State Exist?},
  author = {Boris A. Gelman and Shmuel Nussinov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0209095},
  year   = {2010}
}

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