X(3915) and X(4350) as new members in P-wave charmonium family

The analysis of the mass spectrum and the calculation of the strong decay of P-wave charmonium states strongly support to explain the newly observed X(3915) and X(4350) as new members in P-wave charmonium family, i.e., $\chi_{c0}^\prime$ for X(3915) and $\chi_{c2}^{\prime\prime}$ for X(4350). Under the P-wave charmonium assignment to X(3915) and X(4350), the $J^{PC}$ quantum numbers of X(3915) and X(4350) must be $0^{++}$ and $2^{++}$ respectively, which provide the important criterion to test P-wave charmonium explanation for X(3915) and X(4350) proposed by this letter. The decay behavior of the remaining two P-wave charmonium states with the second radial excitation is predicted, and experimental search for them is suggested.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables. More references and discussions added, typos corrected. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett

B_{s1}(5830) and B_{s2}^*(5840)

In this paper we investigate the strong decays of the two newly observed bottom-strange mesons $B_{s1}(5830)$ and $B_{s2}^*(5840)$ in the framework of the quark pair creation model. The two-body strong decay widths of $B_{s1}(5830)^0\to B^{*+}K^-$ and $B_{s2}^*(5840)^0\to B^+K^-, B^{*+}K^-$ are calculated by considering $B_{s1}(5830)$ to be a mixture between $|^1P_1>$ and $|^3P_1>$ states, and $B_{s2}^*(5840)$ to be a $|^3P_2>$ state. The double pion decay of $B_{s1}(5830)$ and $B_{s2}^*(5840)$ is supposed to occur via the intermediate state $\sigma$ and $f_0(980)$. Although the double pion decay widths of $B_{s1}(5830)$ and $B_{s2}^*(5840)$ are smaller than the two-body strong decay widths of $B_{s1}(5830)$ and $B_{s2}^*(5840)$, one suggests future experiments to search the double pion decays of $B_{s1}(5830)$ and $B_{s2}^*(5840)$ due to their sizable decay widths.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures and 6 tables. More references and discussions added, typos corrected, some descriptions changed. Publication version in PR

Possible Deuteron-like Molecular States Composed of Heavy Baryons

We perform a systematic study of the possible loosely bound states composed of two charmed baryons or a charmed baryon and an anti-charmed baryon within the framework of the one boson exchange (OBE) model. We consider not only the $\pi$ exchange but also the $\eta$, $\rho$, $\omega$, $\phi$ and $\sigma$ exchanges. The $S-D$ mixing effects for the spin-triplets are also taken into account. With the derived effective potentials, we calculate the binding energies and root-mean-square (RMS) radii for the systems $\Lambda_c\Lambda_c(\bar{\Lambda}_c)$, $\Xi_c\Xi_c(\bar{\Xi}_c)$, $\Sigma_c\Sigma_c(\bar{\Sigma}_c)$, $\Xi_c^\prime\Xi_c^\prime(\bar{\Xi}_c^\prime)$ and $\Omega_c\Omega_c(\bar{\Omega}_c)$. Our numerical results indicate that: (1) the H-dibaryon-like state $\Lambda_c\Lambda_c$ does not exist; (2) there may exist four loosely bound deuteron-like states $\Xi_c\Xi_c$ and $\Xi_c^\prime\Xi_c^\prime$ with small binding energies and large RMS radii.Comment: 17 pages, 32 figure

Origin of giant valley splitting in silicon quantum wells induced by superlattice barriers

Enhancing valley splitting in SiGe heterostructures is a crucial task for developing silicon spin qubits. Complex SiGe heterostructures, sharing a common feature of four-monolayer (4ML) Ge layer next to the silicon quantum well (QW), have been computationally designed to have giant valley splitting approaching 9 meV. However, none of them has been fabricated may due to their complexity. Here, we remarkably simplify the original designed complex SiGe heterostructures by laying out the Si QW directly on the Ge substrate followed by capping a (Ge4Si4)n superlattice(SL) barrier with a small sacrifice on VS as it is reduced from a maximum of 8.7 meV to 5.2 meV. Even the smallest number of periods (n = 1) will also give a sizable VS of 1.6 meV, which is large enough for developing stable spin qubits. We also develop an effective Hamiltonian model to reveal the underlying microscopic physics of enhanced valley splitting by (Ge4Si4)n SL barriers. We find that the presence of the SL barrier will reduce the VS instead of enhancing it. Only the (Ge4Si4)n SL barriers with an extremely strong coupling with Si QW valley states provide a remarkable enhancement in VS. These findings lay a solid theoretical foundation for the realization of sufficiently large VS for Si qubits

Novel charmonium-like structures in the J/ψϕJ/\psi\phi and J/ψωJ/\psi\omega invariant mass spectra

Stimulated by the new evidence of Y(4274) observed in the $J/\psi\phi$ invariant mass spectrum, we first propose the charmonium-like state Y(4274) as the S-wave $D_s\bar{D}_{s0}(2317)+h.c.$ molecular state with $J^P=0^-$, which is supported well by dynamics study of the system composed of the pseudoscalar and scalar charmed mesons. The S-wave $D\bar{D}_{0}(2400)+h.c.$ molecular charmonium appears as the molecular partner of Y(4274), which is in accord with the enhancement structure appearing at 4.2 GeV in the $J/\psi\omega$ invariant mass spectrum from B decays. Our study shows that the enhancement structures, $i.e.$, the newly observed Y(4274) and the previously announced $Y(4140)/Y(3930)$ in the $J/\psi\phi$ and $J/\psi\omega$ invariant mass spectra, can be understood well under the uniform framework of the molecular charmonium, which can be tested by future experiments.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication by Phys. Lett.

Few-Body Systems Composed of Heavy Quarks

Within the past ten years many new hadrons states were observed experimentally, some of which do not fit into the conventional quark model. I will talk about the few-body systems composed of heavy quarks, including the charmonium-like states and some loosely bound states.Comment: Plenary talk at the 20th International IUPAP Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics, to appear in Few Body Systems (2013