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New strange pentaquarks

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-09-14 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The new strange pentaquarks observed by LHCb are very likely hadronic molecules consisting of ΞcDˉ\Xi_c \bar D and ΞcDˉ.\Xi_c \bar D^{*}. We discuss the experimental evidence supporting this conclusion, pointing out the similarities and differences with the Pc(4312)P_c(4312), Pc(4440)P_c(4440) and Pc(4457)P_c(4457) pentaquarks in the non-strange sector. The latter clearly are hadronic molecules consisting of ΣcDˉ\Sigma_c \bar D and ΣcDˉ.\Sigma_c \bar D^{*}. Following this line of thought, we predict three additional strange pentaquarks, consisting of ΞcDˉ\Xi_c^{\prime} \bar D and ΞcDˉ.\Xi_c^{\prime} \bar D^{*}. The masses of these states are expected to be shifted upwards by M(Ξc)M(Ξc)110M(\Xi_c^{\prime})-M(\Xi_c) \approx 110 MeV with respect to the corresponding known strange pentaquarks.

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@article{arxiv.2207.07581,
  title  = {New strange pentaquarks},
  author = {Marek Karliner and Jonathan R. Rosner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.07581},
  year   = {2022}
}

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6 pages, 1 figure

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