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Light baryonium spectrum

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-02-02 v2

Abstract

We evaluate the light baryonium spectrum, viz. the baryon-antibaryon states, in the framework of QCD sum rules. The nonperturbative contributions up to dimension 12 are taken into account. Numerical results indicate that there might exist eight possible light baryonium states, i.e. pp-pˉ\bar{p}, Λ\Lambda-Λˉ\bar{\Lambda}, Σ\Sigma-Σˉ\bar{\Sigma}, and Ξ\Xi-Ξˉ\bar{\Xi} with quantum numbers of 0+0^{-+} and 11^{--}. For the Λ\Lambda-Λˉ\bar{\Lambda}, Σ\Sigma-Σˉ\bar{\Sigma}, and Ξ\Xi-Ξˉ\bar{\Xi} states, their masses are found above the corresponding dibaryon thresholds, while the masses of pp-pˉ\bar{p} states are not. The possible baryonium decay modes are analyzed, which are hopefully measurable in BESIII, BELLEII, and LHCb experiments.

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@article{arxiv.2109.07130,
  title  = {Light baryonium spectrum},
  author = {Bing-Dong Wan and Sheng-Qi Zhang and Cong-Feng Qiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.07130},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

32 pages, 4 figures, accepted by PRD

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