In this work, we investigate the production and decay of molecular states with quark content $cc\bar c\bar q$ and $J^P=1^+$ using a phenomenological analysis and an effective Lagrangian approach. Based on an $\textit{SU}$(3) flavor-symmetry analysis to identify golden channels, we further explore the dynamics of these processes under the molecular assumptions of ${\eta_c D^*}$ and ${J/\psi D^*}$ . Our results indicate that the production branching ratio in $B_c$ decays is sizable: it can be of order $10^{-4}$ for the molecular configuration ${{\eta}_cD^*}$ and $10^{-5}$ for the molecule ${J/\psi D^*}$ . In addition, we find that the decay widths of the two molecular configurations ${{\eta}_cD^*}$ and ${J/\psi D^*}$ are not significant, at the level of ${\cal{O}}$ ( $\text{MeV}$ ).

China

Na Li

Ye Xing

Jing-Rui Shi

Analysis of molecular state $\textit{η$_{c}$D}$ $^{*}$ and $\textit{J}$/$\textit{ψD}$ $^{*}$ in the effective Lagrangian approach * Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (12005294)

Motivated by the recent BESIII measurements of the $$J/\psi \rightarrow \Xi ^0 {\bar{\Lambda }}K_S^0 + c.c.$$ process, we investigate this reaction by considering the contributions from the $$\Xi (1690)$$ , $$\Lambda (1890)$$ and $$\Lambda (1830)$$ resonances. The $$\Xi (1690)$$ state is dynamically generated from the $\textit{S}$-wave pseudoscalar meson-octet baryon interactions within the chiral unitary approach. Our theoretical model provides a good description of the $${\bar{\Lambda }}K^0$$ , $$\Xi ^0 K^0$$ , and $${\bar{\Lambda }}\Xi ^0$$ invariant mass distributions. The results indicate that the $$\Xi (1690)$$ resonance, which was neglected in the experimental analysis by BESIII, plays a crucial role in this process. Furthermore, we evaluate the theoretical uncertainties of our model using the parametric bootstrap method. Future high-precision measurements of this process will further help to elucidate the properties of the $$\Xi (1690)$$ , $$\Lambda (1890)$$ and $$\Lambda (1830)$$ states.

Spain

Wen-Tao Lyu

Lian-Rong Dai

Eulogio Oset

Role of $$\Xi (1690)$$ in the $$J/\psi \rightarrow \Xi ^0{\bar{\Lambda }}K^0$$ reaction

Confirming the existence of hybrid states remains challenging due to their experimental indistinguishability from tightly bound tetraquarks and loosely bound molecules. To address this issue, we employ QCD sum rules to systematically investigate the $$ \pi _1(1600) $$ and $$ \eta _1(1855) $$ as candidate tetraquark states with exotic quantum numbers $$ J^{PC} = 1^{-+}$$ . Within the hybrid framework, an $$ SU(3) $$ flavor nonet is expected, featuring two isoscalar configurations, $$ q{\bar{q}}g $$ and $$s{\bar{s}}g$$ , where $$q = u/d $$ . Moreover, the decay width of the $$ s{\bar{s}}g $$ state into the $$ K^* {\bar{K}}^* $$ channel ($\textit{VV}$) is found to be two orders of magnitude smaller than that into the $$ \eta \eta ^\prime $$ channel ($\textit{PP}$) [1]. In contrast, the tetraquark scenario predicts an $$ SU(3) $$ flavor 81-plet comprising three isoscalar states: $$ qq{\bar{q}}{\bar{q}} $$ , $$ qs{\bar{q}}{\bar{s}} $$ , and $$ ss{\bar{s}}{\bar{s}} $$ . Our analysis yields a mass of $$ 2.22^{+0.18}_{-0.26}~\textrm{GeV} $$ for the $$ ss{\bar{s}}{\bar{s}} $$ tetraquark state, which is expected to decay predominantly into the $$ \phi \phi $$ channel ($\textit{VV}$) and the $$ \eta f_1(1420) $$ channel, while its decay into the the $$ \eta \eta ^\prime $$ channel ($\textit{PP}$) is significantly suppressed. Therefore, experimental searches focusing on the $\textit{VV}$ decay channels are essential for discriminating between hybrid and tetraquark scenarios.

Niu Su

Er-Liang Cui

Yi-Wei Jiang

Hua-Xing Chen

A tetraquark 81-plet with $$J^{PC}=1^{-+}$$ or a hybrid nonet

<p>A search for resonant structures in the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>2</mn><mi mathvariant="normal">S</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math> mass spectrum is performed using proton-proton collision data at <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msqrt><mi>s</mi></msqrt><mo>=</mo><mn>13</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>TeV</mi></math>, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>140</mn><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><msup><mi>fb</mi><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></math>, recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. The decay channels of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>2</mn><mi mathvariant="normal">S</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mn>4</mn><mi>μ</mi></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>2</mn><mi mathvariant="normal">S</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mn>4</mn><mi>μ</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>2</mn><mi>π</mi></math> are analyzed. An excess near 6.9 GeV is observed in both channels with a combined significance of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mn>8.9</mn><mi>σ</mi></mrow></math>. No significant signal is observed near 7.2 GeV, and an upper limit on its yield relative to <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>X</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>6900</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math> is provided. A simultaneous fit with the di-<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi></math> channel is carried out under assumptions regarding the resonance interferences, yielding a ratio of the partial decay widths between the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>2</mn><mi mathvariant="normal">S</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math> and di-<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi></math> channels of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>1.08</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.2</mn><msubsup><mn>0</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>0.17</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo><mn>0.40</mn></mrow></msubsup></math> for the resonance near 6.9 GeV.</p>

France

G. Aad

Norway

E. Aakvaag

United States

B. Abbott

United Arab Emirates

S. Abdelhameed

Germany

K. Abeling

N.J. Abicht

S.H. Abidi

M. Aboelela

Morocco

A. Aboulhorma

Israel

H. Abramowicz

Y. Abulaiti

Italy

B.S. Acharya

A. Ackermann

C. Adam Bourdarios

Poland

L. Adamczyk

S.V. Addepalli

United Kingdom

M.J. Addison

J. Adelman

Türkiye

A. Adiguzel

T. Adye

A.A. Affolder

Y. Afik

M.N. Agaras

A. Aggarwal

Romania

C. Agheorghiesei

F. Ahmadov

S. Ahuja

X. Ai

G. Aielli

A. Aikot

M. Ait Tamlihat

B. Aitbenchikh

M. Akbiyik

Sweden

T.P.A. Åkesson

A.V. Akimov

Japan

D. Akiyama

N.N. Akolkar

S. Aktas

G.L. Alberghi

Canada

J. Albert

Switzerland

U. Alberti

P. Albicocco

G.L. Albouy

S. Alderweireldt

Z.L. Alegria

CERN

M. Aleksa

I.N. Aleksandrov

C. Alexa

Greece

T. Alexopoulos

F. Alfonsi

M. Algren

M. Alhroob

Czechia

B. Ali

H.M.J. Ali

S. Ali

S.W. Alibocus

South Africa

M. Aliev

G. Alimonti

W. Alkakhi

C. Allaire

B.M.M. Allbrooke

D.R. Allen

J.S. Allen

J.F. Allen

P.P. Allport

A. Aloisio

Argentina

F. Alonso

C. Alpigiani

Z.M.K. Alsolami

A. Alvarez Fernandez

M. Alves Cardoso

M.G. Alviggi

M. Aly

Brazil

Y. Amaral Coutinho

A. Ambler

C. Amelung

M. Amerl

C.G. Ames

T. Amezza

D. Amidei

B. Amini

K. Amirie

A. Amirkhanov

Portugal

S.P. Amor Dos Santos

K.R. Amos

D. Amperiadou

S. An

C. Anastopoulos

T. Andeen

J.K. Anders

A.C. Anderson

A. Andreazza

S. Angelidakis

A. Angerami

A.V. Anisenkov

A. Annovi

C. Antel

E. Antipov

M. Antonelli

Observation of structures in the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>2</mn><mi>S</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></math> mass spectrum with the ATLAS detector

<p>Using <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mn>10</mn><mtext> </mtext><mn>087</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>44</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>6</mn></mrow></msup><mtext> </mtext><mtext> </mtext><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi></mrow></math> events collected with the BESIII detector, a full angular analysis is carried out on the process <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mrow></mover><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi>n</mi><msup><mrow><mi>π</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mrow></mover><msup><mrow><mi>π</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup><mo>+</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">c</mi><mo>.</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">c</mi></mrow></math>. The decay parameters <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>α</mi><mn>0</mn></msub></math> for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi>n</mi><msup><mi>π</mi><mn>0</mn></msup></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mover accent="true"><mi>α</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><mn>0</mn></msub></math> for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mrow></mover><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mrow></mover><msup><mrow><mi>π</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math> are measured to be <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mn>0.668</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.007</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.002</mn></mrow></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mo>−</mo><mn>0.677</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.007</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.003</mn></math>, respectively, yielding the most precise test for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>C</mi><mi>P</mi></math> symmetry of neutral decays of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi></math>, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msubsup><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>C</mi><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msubsup><mo>=</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>α</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub><mo>+</mo><msub><mrow><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi>α</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mrow></mover></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>/</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>α</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub><mo>−</mo><msub><mrow><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi>α</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mrow></mover></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></math>, to be <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mo>−</mo><mn>0.006</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.007</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.002</mn></math>. The ratios <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>α</mi><mn>0</mn></msub><mo>/</mo><msub><mi>α</mi><mo>−</mo></msub></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mover accent="true"><mi>α</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><mn>0</mn></msub><mo>/</mo><msub><mi>α</mi><mo>+</mo></msub></math> are determined to be <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>0.884</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.013</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.006</mn></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>0.885</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.013</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.004</mn></math>, where <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>α</mi><mo>−</mo></msub></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>α</mi><mo>+</mo></msub></math> are the decay parameters of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi>p</mi><msup><mi>π</mi><mo>−</mo></msup></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mover accent="true"><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mover accent="true"><mi>p</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover><msup><mi>π</mi><mo>+</mo></msup></math>, respectively. The ratios, found to be smaller than unity by more than <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>5</mn><mi>σ</mi></math>, confirm the presence of the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi><mi>I</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>3</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>2</mn></math> transition in the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mover accent="true"><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover></math> decays, which is expected to improve the theoretical calculations for isospin amplitudes, and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msub><mi>A</mi><mrow><mi>C</mi><mi>P</mi></mrow></msub></math>, in hyperon decays. In all results, the first and second uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively.</p>

M. Ablikim

Russia

M.N. Achasov

P. Adlarson

X.C. Ai

R. Aliberti

A. Amoroso

Q. An

Y. Bai

JINR

O. Bakina

Y. Ban

H.R. Bao

V. Batozskaya

Mongolia

K. Begzsuren

N. Berger

M. Berlowski

M.B. Bertani

D. Bettoni

F. Bianchi

E. Bianco

A. Bortone

I. Boyko

R.A. Briere

A. Brueggemann

H. Cai

M.H. Cai

X. Cai

A. Calcaterra

G.F. Cao

N. Cao

S.A. Cetin

X.Y. Chai

J.F. Chang

T.T. Chang

G.R. Che

Y.Z. Che

C.H. Chen

Chao Chen

G. Chen

H.S. Chen

H.Y. Chen

M.L. Chen

S.J. Chen

S.M. Chen

T. Chen

X.R. Chen

X.T. Chen

X.Y. Chen

Y.B. Chen

Y.Q. Chen

Z.K. Chen

J.C. Cheng

L.N. Cheng

South Korea

S.K. Choi

X. Chu

Test of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>C</mi><mi>P</mi></math> Symmetry in the Neutral Decays of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi></math> via <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>J</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>ψ</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi><mover accent="true"><mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mover></math>