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The $T_{bc}$ tetraquarks near the $B\bar{D}$ threshold

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-05-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We study the doubly heavy open-flavor tetraquarks Tbc(0)T_{bc}^{(0)} (JP=0+J^{P}=0^{+}) and Tbc(1)T_{bc}^{(1)} (JP=1+J^{P}=1^{+}) in the dynamical diquark model, describing the system as a heavy antidiquark--light diquark pair interacting through the lattice-QCD Σg+(1S)\Sigma_g^+(1S) Born--Oppenheimer potential. Solving the radial Schr\"odinger equation yields M(Tbc(0))=7.143M(T_{bc}^{(0)}) = 7.143--7.1587.158 GeV and M(Tbc(1))=7.217M(T_{bc}^{(1)}) = 7.217--7.2227.222 GeV, with hyperfine splittings of ΔHF59\Delta_{HF}\simeq 59--7979 MeV. The splitting is driven mainly by the mass difference between symmetric and antisymmetric heavy-antidiquark configurations, while the chromomagnetic interaction contributes linearly with ΔHF/κbˉcˉ=2\partial\Delta_{HF}/\partial\kappa_{\bar b\bar c}=2, consistent with heavy-antidiquark spin algebra. The mean separation, r0.45\langle r\rangle\simeq 0.45--0.460.46 fm, and inverse radius, 1/r10.33\langle 1/r\rangle^{-1}\simeq 0.33--0.340.34 fm, exhibit weak parameter dependence and support a compact diquark--antidiquark interpretation. Relative to open-flavor thresholds, the scalar state lies essentially at the BDˉB\bar D threshold and may appear either as a weakly decaying bound tetraquark or as a narrow near-threshold resonance. In contrast, the axial-vector state is consistently predicted as an SS-wave resonance located 2323--2828 MeV above BDˉB^{*}\bar D and about 7070 MeV below BDˉB\bar D^{*}, implying a line shape strongly influenced by the nearby BDˉB^{*}\bar D threshold.

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@article{arxiv.2605.05150,
  title  = {The $T_{bc}$ tetraquarks near the $B\bar{D}$ threshold},
  author = {Halil Mutuk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.05150},
  year   = {2026}
}

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13 pages, 1 figure