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Spectroscopic Properties of the Molecular $T_{cc}^{+}$ Meson in a Thermal Medium

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-03-17 v1

Abstract

In this work, we investigate the exotic doubly charmed molecular state Tcc+(3875)T_{cc}^{+}(3875) with quantum numbers JP=1+J^{P} = 1^{+} using the Thermal QCD Sum Rules framework. Employing a molecular interpolating current, we evaluate the two-point correlation function by incorporating non-perturbative condensate contributions up to dimension six. From the resulting thermal sum rules, we determine the temperature dependence of the mass, decay constant, and width of the Tcc+T_{cc}^{+} state. Our numerical analysis reveals that all quantities remain remarkably stable under temperature variations up to T120 MeVT \simeq 120~\text{MeV}, after which they change significantly. At the deconfinement temperature, the mass decreases to approximately 28%28\% of its vacuum value, and the decay constant drops to about 25%25\%. We analyze the thermal evolution of the decay width of Tcc+T_{cc}^{+}, finding ΓTcc+(0)=434.95±7.66 keV\Gamma_{T_{cc}^{+}}(0) = 434.95 \pm 7.66~\text{keV} at zero temperature. The width of Tcc+T_{cc}^{+} remains unchanged until T120 MeV T\simeq 120~\text{MeV}, after which it begins to grow rapidly. The investigation of thermal effects on Tcc+T_{cc}^{+} provides new insights into QCD phase transitions, chiral symmetry restoration, and the properties of strongly interacting, hot, and dense matter. These findings are expected to serve as useful input for future experimental searches and phenomenological studies of exotic mesons.

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@article{arxiv.2603.14928,
  title  = {Spectroscopic Properties of the Molecular $T_{cc}^{+}$ Meson in a Thermal Medium},
  author = {S. Damen and J. Y. Süngü and E. Veli Veliev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.14928},
  year   = {2026}
}

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10 pages,11 figures