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Pentaquark decay is suppressed by chirality conservation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-07-19 v4

Abstract

It is shown, that if the pentaquark Θ+=uuddsˉ\Theta^+ = uudd\bar{s} baryon can be represented by the local quark current ηΘ\eta_{\Theta}, its decay Θ+nK+(pK0)\Theta^+ \to n K^+ (p K^0) is forbidden in the limit of chirality conservation. The Θ+\Theta^+decay width Γ\Gamma is proportional to αs2<0qˉq0>2\alpha^2_s < 0 | \bar{q} q | 0 >^2, where <0qˉq0><0 | \bar{q} q | 0 >, q=u,d,sq = u,d,s is quark condensate, and, therefore, is strongly suppressed. Also the polarization operator of the pentaquark current with isospin 1 is calculated using the operator product expansion and estimation for it mass is obtained .

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0408152,
  title  = {Pentaquark decay is suppressed by chirality conservation},
  author = {B. L. Ioffe and A. G. Oganesian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0408152},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

4 pages, 1 fig, typos corrected

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