Kapitza Dynamics as a New Stabilization Mechanism for Heavy Tetraquarks
Abstract
We investigate a Kapitza-inspired mechanism in which rapid oscillations in the heavy-quark interaction generate an effective short-range repulsive term in the diquark--antidiquark potential. The resulting contribution prevents collapse at short distances and produces a stable minimum in the effective potential. Within a diquark--antidiquark picture, we construct a modified Cornell-type potential and analyze the spectrum of heavy tetraquarks using a Gaussian variational method. We compute the binding energies, wave functions, radii, and mass spectra of charm and bottom tetraquarks, including the , , and fully heavy states. The model reproduces the mass of the and predicts a deeply bound state consistent with lattice QCD. The fully heavy mass also agrees with recent lattice determinations. Our results indicate that the Kapitza mechanism provides a natural and robust stabilization effect in multiquark systems and offers a unified description of molecular-like and compact tetraquark configurations.
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@article{arxiv.2605.14439,
title = {Kapitza Dynamics as a New Stabilization Mechanism for Heavy Tetraquarks},
author = {M. Monemzadeh and N. Tazimi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.14439},
year = {2026}
}