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$P_{c}(4312)$, $P_{c}(4440)$, and $P_{c}(4457)$ productions in $e^{+} e^{-}$ collisions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-07-17 v1

Abstract

In the present work, we propose to investigate the productions of Pc(4312)P_{c}(4312), Pc(4440)P_{c}(4440), and Pc(4457)P_{c}(4457) in the e+eppˉJ/ψe^{+} e^{-} \rightarrow p \bar{p} J/\psi process. By using an effective Lagrangian approach, we estimate the cross section for the processes under consideration. For the e+epˉPc(4312)e^{+} e^{-} \rightarrow \bar{p} P_{c}(4312), e+epˉPc(4440)e^{+} e^{-} \rightarrow \bar{p} P_{c}(4440), and e+epˉPc(4457)e^{+} e^{-} \rightarrow \bar{p} P_{c}(4457) processes, the cross sections are evaluated to be (46.634.5+88.446.6^{+88.4}_{-34.5}) fb, (57.442.5+10957.4^{+109}_{-42.5}) fb, and (55.140.8+10555.1^{+105}_{-40.8}) fb at s=6\sqrt{s}=6 GeV, respectively, where the central values are estimated with Λr=3.0\Lambda_{r}=3.0 GeV, and the uncertainties are resulted from the variations of Λr\Lambda_{r} from 2.5 to 3.5 GeV. Considering that the PcP_{c} states can decay into J/ψpJ/\psi p, we estimate the cross sections for e+eppˉJ/ψe^{+} e^{-} \rightarrow p \bar{p} J/\psi and the differential cross sections depending on the J/ψpJ/\psi p invariant mass. At s=6\sqrt{s}=6 GeV, the cross sections for e+eppˉJ/ψe^{+} e^{-} \rightarrow p \bar{p} J/\psi are estimated to be (34.626.0+68.034.6^{+68.0}_{-26.0}) fb. Moreover, our estimations indicate that the cross section resulted from the Pc(4457)P_{c}(4457) and Pˉc(4457)\bar{P}_{c}(4457) intermediate states is dominant. In the J/ψpJ/\psi p invariant mass spectrum, a splitting signal can be observed around 4.45 GeV, with the two peaks corresponding to Pc(4440)P_{c}(4440) and Pc(4457)P_{c}(4457).

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@article{arxiv.2607.16041,
  title  = {$P_{c}(4312)$, $P_{c}(4440)$, and $P_{c}(4457)$ productions in $e^{+} e^{-}$ collisions},
  author = {Quan-Yun Guo and Dian-Yong Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.16041},
  year   = {2026}
}