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Interpretations of the new LHCb $P_c(4337)^+$ pentaquark state

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-07-05 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Recently the LHCb collaboration has observed a new pentaquark state, the Pc(4337)+P_c(4337)^+. Owing to its proximity to the χc0(1S)p\chi_{c0}(1S) p, DˉΛc\bar{D}^* \Lambda_c, DˉΣc\bar{D} \Sigma_c and DˉΣc\bar{D} \Sigma_c^* thresholds, this new pentaquark might very well be a meson-baryon bound state. However its spin and parity have not been determined yet and none of the previous possibilities can be ruled out. We briefly explore a few of these options and the consequences they entail in the present manuscript: (i) the Pc(4337)+P_c(4337)^+ might be a χc0(1S)p\chi_{c0}(1S) p bound state, (ii) the Pc(4312)+P_c(4312)^+ and Pc(4337)+P_c(4337)^+ might be DˉΛc\bar{D}^* \Lambda_c and DˉΣc\bar{D} \Sigma_c states close to threshold, respectively, where the Breit-Wigner mass might not correspond to the location of the poles, (iii) the locations of the Pc(4312)+P_c(4312)^+ and Pc(4337)+P_c(4337)^+ might be explained in terms of the DˉΛc\bar{D}^* \Lambda_c-DˉΣc\bar{D} \Sigma_c and DˉΛc\bar{D}^* \Lambda_c-DˉΣc\bar{D} \Sigma_c^* coupled channel dynamics. This last option, though not the most probable explanation, is still potentially compatible with the double peak solution of the Pcs(4459)0P_{cs}(4459)^0 and with what we know of the Pc(4312)+P_c(4312)^+. As a byproduct of the previous explorations, we conjecture the existence of a series of anticharmed meson - antitriplet charmed baryon bound states and calculate their masses.

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@article{arxiv.2108.05306,
  title  = {Interpretations of the new LHCb $P_c(4337)^+$ pentaquark state},
  author = {Mao-Jun Yan and Fang-Zheng Peng and Mario Sánchez Sánchez and Manuel Pavon Valderrama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.05306},
  year   = {2022}
}

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19 pages, 5 tables, 1 figure, corresponds with published version