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Radiative decay of the $\Xi(1620)$ in a hadronic molecule picture

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-01-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Last year, the Ξ(1620)\Xi(1620) state that is cataloged in the Particle Data Group (PDG) with only one star is reported again in the Ξπ+\Xi^{-}\pi^{+} final state by the Belle Collaboration. Its properties not only the spectroscopy but also the decay width cannot be simply explained in the context of conventional constituent quark models. This intrigues an active discussion on the structure of this resonance. In this work, we study the radiative decays of the newly observed Ξ(1620)\Xi(1620) assuming that it is a meson-baryon molecular state of ΛKˉ\Lambda\bar{K} and ΣKˉ\Sigma\bar{K} with spin-parity JP=1/2J^P=1/2^{-} in our previous work. The partial decay widths of the ΛKˉΣKˉ\Lambda\bar{K}-\Sigma\bar{K} molecular state into Ξγ\Xi\gamma and Ξπγ\Xi\pi\gamma final states through hadronic loops are evaluated with the help of the effective Lagrangians. The partial widths for the Ξ(1620)0γΞ\Xi(1620)^0\to\gamma\Xi and Ξ(1620)0γΞπ\Xi(1620)^0\to\gamma\Xi\pi are evaluated to be about 118.76174.21118.76-174.21 KeV and 58.1968.7558.19-68.75 eV, respectively, which may be accessible for the LHCb. If the Ξ(1620)\Xi(1620) is ΛKˉΣKˉ\Lambda\bar{K}-\Sigma\bar{K} molecule, the radiative transition strength Ξ(1620)0γKˉΛ\Xi(1620)^0\to\gamma\bar{K}\Lambda is quite small and the decay width is of the order of 0.01 eV. Future experimental measurements of these processes can be useful to test the molecule interpretations of the Ξ(1620)\Xi(1620).

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@article{arxiv.2101.02872,
  title  = {Radiative decay of the $\Xi(1620)$ in a hadronic molecule picture},
  author = {HongQiang Zhu and Feng Yang and Yin Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.02872},
  year   = {2021}
}