Nature of X(3872) from its radiative decay

Aug 20, 2023
8 pages
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  • Phys.Lett.B 848 (2024) 138404
  • Published: Dec 18, 2023
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Abstract: (Elsevier B.V.)
We study the radiative decay of X(3872) based on the assumption that X(3872) is regarded as a cc charmonium with quantum number JPC=1++ (J,P,C represent the spin, parity and charge conjugation, respectively). The form factors of X(3872) transitions to J/ψγ and ψγ (ψ denotes ψ(2S) throughout the paper) are calculated in the framework of the covariant light-front quark model. The phenomenological wave function of a meson depends on the parameter β, whose inverse essentially describes the confinement scale. In the present work, the parameters β for the vector J/ψ and ψ mesons will be determined through their decay constants, which are obtained from the experimental values of their partial decay widths to the electron-positron pair. For X(3872), we determined the value of β by the decay width of X(3872)ψγ. Then, we examined the width of X(3872)J/ψγ in a manner of parameter-free prediction and compared it with the experimental value. As a result, an inconsistency or contradiction occurs between the widths of X(3872)J/ψγ and X(3872)ψγ. We thus conclude that X(3872) cannot be a pure cc resonance and that other components are necessary in its wave function.
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  • two columu, 8 pages, more clarifications and references added, accepted for publication in Phys. Letts. B
  • quark model: light front
  • scale: confinement
  • charmonium: mass
  • meson: wave function
  • X(3872)
  • radiative decay
  • parity
  • charge conjugation
  • psi(3685)
  • spin