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Understanding the Possible Proton Antiproton Bound State Observed by BES Collaboration

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-01-17 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We comment on the quantum numbers and decay channels of the possible proton antiproton bound state observed by BES Collaboration. Based on the general symmetry consideration and available experimental information, we conclude that the quantum number of this state is very likely to be JPC=0+,IG=0+J^{PC}=0^{-+}, I^G=0^+, which can not decay into final states π+π,2π0,KKˉ,3π\pi^+\pi^-, 2\pi^0, K{\bar K}, 3\pi. Besides its dissociation into ppˉp\bar p, the other important mesonic decay modes could be ηππ\eta \pi\pi, ηππ\eta'\pi\pi, ηηη\eta\eta\eta, 4π4\pi, KKˉπK{\bar K}\pi, ηKKˉ\eta K{\bar K}, KKˉππK\bar K \pi\pi, 6π\pi. Experimental search of this signal in these meson final states is strongly called for.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0308205,
  title  = {Understanding the Possible Proton Antiproton Bound State Observed by BES Collaboration},
  author = {Chong-Shou Gao and Shi-Lin Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0308205},
  year   = {2018}
}