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Is $Z_c(3900)$ a molecular state

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-16 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Assuming the newly observed Zc(3900)Z_c(3900) to be a molecular state of DDˉ(DDˉ)D\bar D^*(D^{*} \bar D), we calculate the partial widths of Zc(3900)J/ψ+π;  ψ+π;  ηc+ρZ_c(3900)\to J/\psi+\pi;\; \psi'+\pi;\; \eta_c+\rho and DDˉD\bar D^* within the light front model (LFM). Zc(3900)J/ψ+πZ_c(3900)\to J/\psi+\pi is the channel by which Zc(3900)Z_c(3900) was observed, our calculation indicates that it is indeed one of the dominant modes whose width can be in the range of a few MeV depending on the model parameters. Similar to ZbZ_b and ZbZ_b', Voloshin suggested that there should be a resonance ZcZ_c' at 4030 MeV which can be a molecular state of DDˉD^*\bar D^*. Then we go on calculating its decay rates to all the aforementioned final states and as well the DDˉD^*\bar D^*. It is found that if Zc(3900)Z_c(3900) is a molecular state of 12(DDˉ+DDˉ){1\over\sqrt 2}(D\bar D^*+D^*\bar D), the partial width of Zc(3900)DDˉZ_c(3900)\to D\bar D^* is rather small, but the rate of Zc(3900)ψ(2s)πZ_c(3900)\to\psi(2s)\pi is even larger than Zc(3900)J/ψπZ_c(3900)\to J/\psi\pi. The implications are discussed and it is indicated that with the luminosity of BES and BELLE, the experiments may finally determine if Zc(3900)Z_c(3900) is a molecular state or a tetraquark.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1307.2414,
  title  = {Is $Z_c(3900)$ a molecular state},
  author = {Hong-Wei Ke and Zheng-Tao Wei and Xue-Qian Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.2414},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

17 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables

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