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Unquenched Radially Excited $P$-wave Charmonia

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-04-08 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The ground-state positive-parity charmonia χc0(1P)\chi_{c0}(1P), χc1(1P)\chi_{c1}(1P), hc(1P)h_c(1P), and χc2(1P)\chi_{c2}(1P) are generally well described in static (``quenched'') quark models, in which dynamical effects of actual or virtual strong decay are neglected. In contrast, the five PDG candidates for PP-wave charmonia in the energy region 3.85-3.95 GeV, probably including the first radial excitations of the above ones, display a totally different and quite disparate mass pattern. Moreover, two scalar states are listed, viz. χc0(3860)\chi_{c0}(3860) and χc0(3915)\chi_{c0}(3915), the former one apparently being very broad. Preliminary results will be presented here for the first radial excitations of the lowest PP-wave ccˉc\bar{c} states, obtained with the Resonance-Spectrum Expansion while including in the calculation all OZI-allowed decay channels of the most relevant charm-meson pairs. Employing a generalised scheme of computing coupling constants for decays based on the 3 ⁣P0{}^{3\!}P_0 model ensures that no distortion of the spectra will occur due to the different classes of allowed decay channels for the various positive-parity charmonia.

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@article{arxiv.2604.04991,
  title  = {Unquenched Radially Excited $P$-wave Charmonia},
  author = {George Rupp},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.04991},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Contribution to Excited QCD Workshop, Granada, Spain, 9-13 Jan. 2026; 6 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables, Acta Physica Polonica B style