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Is X(3872) {\sl Really} a Molecular State?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Theory

Abstract

After taking into account both the pion and sigma meson exchange potential, we have performed a dynamical calculation of the D0Dˉ0D^0\bar{D}^{\ast0} system. The σ\sigma meson exchange potential is repulsive from heavy quark symmetry and numerically important for a loosely bound system. Our analysis disfavors the interpretation of X(3872) as a loosely bound molecular state if we use the experimental DDπD^\ast D\pi coupling constant g=0.59g=0.59 and a reasonable cutoff around 1 GeV, which is the typical hadronic scale. Bound state solutions with negative eigenvalues for the DDˉD\bar{D}^\ast system exist only with either a very large coupling constant (two times of the experimental value) or a large cutoff (Λ6\Lambda \sim 6 GeV or β6\beta \sim 6 GeV2^2). In contrast, there probably exists a loosely bound S-wave BBˉB\bar{B}^\ast molecular state. Once produced, such a molecular state would be rather stable since its dominant decay mode is the radiative decay through BBγB^\ast\to B \gamma. Experimental search of these states will be very interesting.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.0801.3540,
  title  = {Is X(3872) {\sl Really} a Molecular State?},
  author = {Yan-Rui Liu and Xiang Liu and Wei-Zhen Deng and Shi-Lin Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.3540},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

11 pages, 7 figures, 9 tables. The version to appear in EPJC

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