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Doubly heavy tetraquark bound and resonant states

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-11-22 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We calculate the energy spectrum of the S-wave doubly heavy tetraquark systems, including the QQ()qˉqˉ QQ^{(\prime)}\bar q\bar q, QQ()sˉqˉQQ^{(\prime)}\bar s\bar q, and QQ()sˉsˉ QQ^{(\prime)}\bar s\bar s (Q()=b,cQ^{(\prime)}=b,c and q=u,dq=u,d) systems within the constituent quark model. We use the complex scaling method to obtain bound states and resonant states simultaneously, and the Gaussian expansion method to solve the complex-scaled four-body Schr\"odinger equation. With a novel definition of the root-mean-square radii, we are able to distinguish between meson molecules and compact tetraquark states. The compact tetraquarks are further classified into three different types with distinct spatial configurations: compact even tetraquarks, compact diquark-antidiquark tetraquarks and compact diquark-centered tetraquarks. In the I(JP)=0(1+) I(J^P)=0(1^+) QQqˉqˉQQ\bar q\bar q system, there exists the DD D^*D molecular bound state with a binding energy of 14 -14 MeV, which is the candidate for Tcc(3875)+ T_{cc}(3875)^+ . The shallow BˉBˉ\bar B^*\bar B molecular bound state is the bottom analog of Tcc(3875)+T_{cc}(3875)^+. Moreover, we identify two resonant states near the DDD^*D^* and BˉBˉ\bar B^*\bar B^* thresholds. In the JP=1+ J^P=1^+ bbqˉqˉ(I=0)bb\bar q\bar q\,(I=0) and bbsˉqˉbb\bar s\bar q systems, we obtain deeply bound states with a compact diquark-centered tetraquark configuration and a dominant χ3ˉc3c\chi_{\bar 3_c\otimes 3_c} component, along with resonant states with similar configurations as their radial excitations. These states are the QCD analog of the helium atom. We also obtain some other bound states and resonant states with ``QCD hydrogen molecule" configurations. Moreover, we investigate the heavy quark mass dependence of the I(JP)=0(1+) I(J^P)=0(1^+) QQqˉqˉ QQ\bar q\bar q bound states. We strongly urge the experimental search for the predicted states.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2409.03373,
  title  = {Doubly heavy tetraquark bound and resonant states},
  author = {Wei-Lin Wu and Yao Ma and Yan-Ke Chen and Lu Meng and Shi-Lin Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.03373},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

17 pages, 13 figures, version accepted by PRD