Model-independent mass determination of near-threshold states from short-range production
Abstract
We propose a novel observable for the precision measurements of a wide class of near-threshold dimer states: the short-range production rate of a dimer--spectator two-body system, composed of the given near-threshold state and one of its constituents. Within the framework of nonrelativistic effective field theory, these production rates exhibit characteristic line shapes for the specific partial wave and reach a model-independent minimum. This feature enables a precise extraction of their masses from experimental data, provided that the line shape can be resolved with sufficient accuracy. Applying this novel method to both the and systems allows for a precise determination of the binding energy of the and via the relation of once the respective dip position is experimentally identified.
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@article{arxiv.2510.23468,
title = {Model-independent mass determination of near-threshold states from short-range production},
author = {Yong-Hui Lin and Hans-Werner Hammer and Ulf-G. Meißner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.23468},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
8 pages, 6 figures; updated to the accepted version