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Model-independent mass determination of near-threshold states from short-range production

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-05-19 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Theory

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 Tbbˉ1(10610)BT_{b\bar{b}1}(10610)B and Tbbˉ1(10650)BT_{b\bar{b}1}(10650)B^* systems allows for a precise determination of the binding energy δ\delta of the Tbbˉ1(10610)T_{b\bar{b}1}(10610) and Tbbˉ1(10650)T_{b\bar{b}1}(10650) via the relation of δ=Edipexp/0.1983\delta=-{E_{\text{dip}}^{\text{exp}}}/{0.1983} once the respective dip position EdipexpE_{\text{dip}}^{\text{exp}} 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