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Quantum-Number Exotic Tetraquarks at Large $N_c$ in QCD(AS)

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-03-26 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

It is shown that the large NcN_c limit of QCD with quarks in the two-index antisymmetric color representation [QCD(AS)] has narrow tetraquark states with exotic flavor quantum numbers. They decay into mesons with a width that is parametrically O(1/Nc2)O(1/N_c^2). Tetraquarks with non-exotic quantum numbers mix at leading order with mesons of the same overall quantum numbers. QCD(AS) at Nc=3N_c=3 corresponds to ordinary QCD; its large NcN_c limit represents an alternative starting point for a 1/Nc1/N_c expansion to the standard one with quarks in the fundamental color representation.

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@article{arxiv.1401.1815,
  title  = {Quantum-Number Exotic Tetraquarks at Large $N_c$ in QCD(AS)},
  author = {Thomas D. Cohen and Richard F. Lebed},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.1815},
  year   = {2014}
}

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5 pages, 2 .eps figures, ReVTeX