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Three methods to detect the predicted $D \bar{D}$ scalar meson X(3700)

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-12 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

In analogy to the f_0(500), which appears as a ππ\pi \pi resonance in chiral unitary theory, and the f_0(980), which appears as a quasibound KKˉK \bar K state, the extension of this approach to the charm sector also predicts a quasibound DDˉD \bar D state with mass around 3720 MeV, named as X(3700), for which some experimental support is seen in the e+eJ/ψDDˉe^+ e^- \to J/\psi D \bar D reaction close to the DDˉD \bar D threshold. In the present work we propose three different experiments to observe it as a clear peak. The first one is the radiative decay of the ψ(3770)\psi(3770), ψ(3770)γX(3700)γηη\psi(3770) \to \gamma X(3700) \to \gamma \eta \eta '. The second one proposes the analogous reaction ψ(4040)γX(3700)γηη\psi(4040) \to \gamma X(3700) \to \gamma \eta \eta ' and the third reaction is the e+eJ/ψX(3700)J/ψηηe^+ e^- \to J/\psi X(3700) \to J/\psi \eta \eta '. Neat peaks are predicted for all the reactions and the calculated rates are found within measurable range in present facilities.

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@article{arxiv.1211.1862,
  title  = {Three methods to detect the predicted $D \bar{D}$ scalar meson X(3700)},
  author = {C. W. Xiao and E. Oset},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.1862},
  year   = {2015}
}

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