Tcc+ and its partners

Dec 23, 2021
11 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 105 (2022) 5, 054015
  • Published: Mar 1, 2022
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Abstract: (APS)
Inspired by the Tcc+ signal discovered by the LHCb Collaboration, we systematically investigate the doubly heavy tetraquark states with the molecule configuration [Q1q¯2]1c[Q3q¯4]1c (Q=c and b, q=u, d, and s) in a nonrelativistic quark model. The model involves a color screening confinement potential, meson-exchange interactions, and one-gluon-exchange interactions. The state Tcc+ with IJP=01+ is a very loosely bound deuteronlike state with a binding energy around 0.34 MeV and a huge size of 4.32 fm. Both the meson exchange force and the coupled channel effect play a pivotal role. Without the meson exchange force, there does not exist the Tcc+ molecular state. In strong contrast, the QCD valence bond forms clearly in the Tbb- system when we turn off the meson-exchange force, which is very similar to the hydrogen molecule in QED. Moreover, the Tbb- becomes a heliumlike QCD-atom if we increase the bottom quark mass by a factor of three. Especially, the states Tbb- with 01+, Tbc0 with 00+ and 01+, and the V-spin antisymmetric states Tbbs- with 121+, Tbcs0 with 120+ and 121+ can form a compact, hydrogen moleculelike or deuteronlike bound state with different binding dynamics. The high-spin states Tbc0 with 02+ and Tbcs0 with 122+ can decay into D-wave B¯D and B¯sD although they are below the thresholds B¯*D* and B¯s*D*, respectively. The isospin and V-spin symmetric states are unbound. We also calculate their magnetic moments and axial charges.
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  • 11 pages, 1 figures, 5 tables, comments are welcome
  • meson: exchange
  • hadron: molecule
  • charge: axial
  • quark model: nonrelativistic
  • color: screening
  • potential: confinement
  • gluon: exchange
  • heavy quark
  • quantum chromodynamics
  • hydrogen: molecule