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Molecular $P_{\psi}$ pentaquarks from light-meson exchange saturation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-01-17 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Theoretical predictions for the spectrum of heavy meson-baryon bound states are a fundamental tool for disentangling the nature of the different pentaquark states that have been observed in experimental facilities. Here we explore this spectrum in a phenomenological model that describes the heavy meson-baryon interaction in terms of a contact-range interaction, where the coupling strength is saturated by the exchange of light scalar and vector mesons, i.e. σ\sigma, ρ\rho and ω\omega exchanges. Saturation determines the couplings modulo an unknown proportionality constant that can be calibrated from a molecular candidate. If we use the PψN(4312)P_{\psi}^N(4312) as input, we predict a series of molecular pentaquarks including the PψN(4440)P_{\psi}^N(4440) and PψN(4457)P_{\psi}^N(4457), the recent PψsΛ(4338)P_{\psi s}^{\Lambda}(4338) and the PψsΛ(4459)P_{\psi s}^{\Lambda}(4459).

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@article{arxiv.2211.08211,
  title  = {Molecular $P_{\psi}$ pentaquarks from light-meson exchange saturation},
  author = {Zi-Ying Yang and Fang-Zheng Peng and Mao-Jun Yan and Mario Sánchez Sánchez and Manuel Pavon Valderrama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.08211},
  year   = {2025}
}

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15 pages, 7 tables, 1 figure; corresponds to published version