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Hyperspherical harmonic formalism for tetraquarks
We present a generalization of the hyperspherical harmonic formalism to study
systems made of quarks and antiquarks of the same flavor. This generalization
is based on the symmetrization of the body wave function with respect to
the symmetric group using the Barnea and Novoselsky algorithm. Our analysis
shows that four-quark systems with non-exotic quantum numbers may be
bound independently of the quark mass. and states become
attractive only for larger quarks masses.Comment: 4 pages, to appear in the proceedings of 9th International Workshop
on Meson Production, Properties and Interaction (Meson2006), Kracow (Poland),
9 - 13 June 200
Hyperspherical harmonic study of identical-flavor four-quark systems
We present an exact method based on a hyperspherical harmonic expansion to study systems made of quarks and antiquarks of the same flavor. Our formalism reproduces and improves the results obtained with variational approaches. This analysis shows that identical-flavor four-quark systems with non-exotic 2(++) quantum numbers may be bound independently of the quark mass. 0(+-) and 1(+-) states become attractive only for larger quarks masses
Theory of inter-edge superexchange in zigzag edge magnetism
A graphene nanoribbon with zigzag edges has a gapped magnetic ground state
with an antiferromagnetic inter-edge superexchange interaction. We present a
theory based on asymptotic properties of the Dirac-model ribbon wavefunction
which predicts and ribbon-width dependencies for the
superexchange interaction strength and the charge gap respectively. We find
that, unlike the case of conventional atomic scale superexchange, opposite
spin-orientations on opposite edges of the ribbon are favored by both kinetic
and interaction energies.Comment: 4 pages 8 figure
On the Stability of Matter
A hypothesis of absolutely stable strange hadronic matter composed of
baryons, here denoted , is tested within many-body
calculations performed using the Relativistic Mean-Field approach. In our
calculations, we employed the interaction compatible with
the binding energy ~MeV given
by the phenomenological energy-independent interaction model by
Yamazaki and Akaishi (YA). We found that the binding energy per , as
well as the central density in many-body systems saturates for mass
number , leaving aggregates highly unstable against
strong interaction decay. Moreover, we confronted the YA interaction model with
kaonic atom data and found that it fails to reproduce the single-nucleon
absorption fractions at rest from bubble chamber experiments.Comment: Proceedings of the HYP2018 conference, Norfolk/Portsmouth, USA, June
24 - 29, 2018, submitted to AIP Conference Proceeding
Eta-mesic nuclei
In this contribution we report on theoretical studies of nuclear
quasi-bound states in few- and many-body systems performed recently by the
Jerusalem-Prague Collaboration [1-5]. Underlying energy-dependent
interactions are derived from coupled-channel models that incorporate the
resonance. The role of self-consistent treatment of the strong
energy dependence of subthreshold amplitudes is discussed. Quite large
downward energy shift together with rapid decrease of the amplitudes
below threshold result in relatively small binding energies and widths of the
calculated nuclear bound states. We argue that the subthreshold behavior
of scattering amplitudes is crucial to conclude whether nuclear
states exist, in which nuclei the meson could be bound and if the
corresponding widths are small enough to allow detection of these
nuclear states in experiment.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures; presented at HADRON2017, Sept. 25-29, 2017,
Salamanca (Spain); prepared for Proceedings of Scienc
Neutrino Breakup of A=3 Nuclei in Supernovae
We extend the virial equation of state to include 3H and 3He nuclei, and
predict significant mass-three fractions near the neutrinosphere in supernovae.
While alpha particles are often more abundant, we demonstrate that energy
transfer cross-sections for muon and tau neutrinos at low densities are
dominated by breakup of the loosely-bound 3H and 3He nuclei. The virial
coefficients involving A=3 nuclei are calculated directly from the
corresponding nucleon-3H and nucleon-3He scattering phase shifts. For the
neutral-current inelastic cross-sections and the energy transfer cross
sections, we perform ab-initio calculations based on microscopic two- and
three-nucleon interactions and meson-exchange currents.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, minor additions, to appear in Phys. Rev.
On the existence of exotic and non-exotic multiquark meson states
To obtain an exact solution of a four-body system containing two quarks and
two antiquarks interacting through two-body terms is a cumbersome task that has
been tackled with more or less success during the last decades. We present an
exact method for the study of four-quark systems based on the hyperspherical
harmonics formalism that allows us to solve it without resorting to further
approximations, like for instance the existence of diquark components. We apply
it to systems containing two heavy and two light quarks using different
quark-quark potentials. While states may be stable in nature,
the stability of states would imply the existence of quark
correlations not taken into account by simple quark dynamical models.Comment: 3 pages. Contribution to the 20th European Conference on Few-Body
Problems in Physics, Pisa, Italy. To be published in Few-Body system
Are there compact heavy four-quark bound states?
We present an exact method to study four-quark systems based on the
hyperspherical harmonics formalism. We apply it to several physical systems of
interest containing two heavy and two light quarks using different quark-quark
potentials. Our conclusions mark the boundaries for the possible existence of
compact, non-molecular, four-quark bound states. While states
may be stable in nature, the stability of states would imply
the existence of quark correlations not taken into account by simple quark
dynamical modelsComment: 10 pages, 1 figure. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
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