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Mass Spectra of $\Lambda_Q\bar{\Sigma}_Q$ Hexaquark States in QCD Sum Rules

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-05-05 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Recently, the BESIII Collaboration indicate that no ΛcΣˉc\Lambda_c\bar{\Sigma}_c bound-state with a mass near threshold in the range 47154715--4735 MeV4735~\mathrm{MeV} was observed. In order to determine the plausible mass region of the states in this structure, we calculate the mass spectrum of the ΛcΣˉc\Lambda_c\bar{\Sigma}_c configuration with the method of QCD sum rules. Two linearly independent interpolating currents are constructed, and contributions from nonperturbative condensates up to dimension 12 are included in the numerical results. Consequently, we obtain the masses of the candidate states with quantum numbers JP=0,0+,1,1+J^P = 0^-,\,0^+,\,1^-,\,1^+. Our results show that the central values of the ΛcΣˉc\Lambda_c\bar{\Sigma}_c ground-state masses lie around the 5.8 GeV5.8~\mathrm{GeV} region, which do not support them as bound states and consistent with the findings reported by the BESIII Collaboration. Furthermore, we compute the mass spectrum of the ΛbΣˉb\Lambda_b\bar{\Sigma}_b states with quantum numbers JP=0,0+,1,1+J^P = 0^-,\,0^+,\,1^-,\,1^+, which could be served as hidden-bottom candidates in the experimental detecting.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2512.22019,
  title  = {Mass Spectra of $\Lambda_Q\bar{\Sigma}_Q$ Hexaquark States in QCD Sum Rules},
  author = {Xuan-Heng Zhang and Cong-Feng Qiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.22019},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

to appear in JHEP, 34 pages, 7 figures