47 research outputs found
A new interpretation for the and the prediction of novel exotic charmed mesons
In this manuscript we study the vector - vector interaction within the hidden
gauge formalism in a coupled channel unitary approach. In the sector
we get a pole in the T-matrix around MeV that we identify
with the , coupling strongly to the
(()) channels. In addition we obtain resonances in
other exotic sectors which have not been studied before such as ,
and . This 'flavor-exotic' states are interpreted as
, and molecular states but have not been
observed yet. In total we obtain nine states with different spin, isospin,
charm and strangeness of non and character, which have been
reported before
Hidden-charm and radiative decays of the Z(4430) as a hadronic D_1 \bar{D^\ast} bound state
We study the meson within a heavy hadron molecule
interpretation where the is considered as a bound state of a vector
and an axial-vector . We give predictions for the
strong hidden-charm and
decay widths and also study the radiative
decay properties in a phenomenological Lagrangian approach. Our findings are
qualitatively in line with the experimental observation that the
transition dominates over the decay mode
despite a smaller phase space. The width for the radiative mode
is sizable, allowing possible detection in future experiments.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figures, matches published versio
Polytetrahedral Clusters
By studying the structures of clusters bound by a model potential that
favours polytetrahedral order, we find a previously unknown series of `magic
numbers' (i.e. sizes of special stability) whose polytetrahedral structures are
characterized by disclination networks that are analogous to hydrocarbons.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
C60: the first one-component gel?
Until now, gels have been formed of multicomponent soft matter systems,
consisting of a solvent and one or more macromolecular or colloidal species.
Here we show that, for sufficient quench rates, the Girifalco model of C60 can
form gels which we identify by their slow dynamics and long-lived network
structure. These gels are stable at room temperature, at least on the
simulation timescale up to 100 ns. At moderate temperatures around 1000 K,
below the bulk glass transition temperature, C60 exhibits crystallisation and
phase separation proceeds without the dynamical arrest associated with
gelation, in contrast to many colloidal systems.Comment: Accepted by J. Phys. Chem. C. special issue 'Clusters in complex
fluids
Heavy quarkonium: progress, puzzles, and opportunities
A golden age for heavy quarkonium physics dawned a decade ago, initiated by
the confluence of exciting advances in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and an
explosion of related experimental activity. The early years of this period were
chronicled in the Quarkonium Working Group (QWG) CERN Yellow Report (YR) in
2004, which presented a comprehensive review of the status of the field at that
time and provided specific recommendations for further progress. However, the
broad spectrum of subsequent breakthroughs, surprises, and continuing puzzles
could only be partially anticipated. Since the release of the YR, the BESII
program concluded only to give birth to BESIII; the -factories and CLEO-c
flourished; quarkonium production and polarization measurements at HERA and the
Tevatron matured; and heavy-ion collisions at RHIC have opened a window on the
deconfinement regime. All these experiments leave legacies of quality,
precision, and unsolved mysteries for quarkonium physics, and therefore beg for
continuing investigations. The plethora of newly-found quarkonium-like states
unleashed a flood of theoretical investigations into new forms of matter such
as quark-gluon hybrids, mesonic molecules, and tetraquarks. Measurements of the
spectroscopy, decays, production, and in-medium behavior of c\bar{c}, b\bar{b},
and b\bar{c} bound states have been shown to validate some theoretical
approaches to QCD and highlight lack of quantitative success for others. The
intriguing details of quarkonium suppression in heavy-ion collisions that have
emerged from RHIC have elevated the importance of separating hot- and
cold-nuclear-matter effects in quark-gluon plasma studies. This review
systematically addresses all these matters and concludes by prioritizing
directions for ongoing and future efforts.Comment: 182 pages, 112 figures. Editors: N. Brambilla, S. Eidelman, B. K.
Heltsley, R. Vogt. Section Coordinators: G. T. Bodwin, E. Eichten, A. D.
Frawley, A. B. Meyer, R. E. Mitchell, V. Papadimitriou, P. Petreczky, A. A.
Petrov, P. Robbe, A. Vair
Physics with the KLOE-2 experiment at the upgraded DANE
Investigation at a --factory can shed light on several debated issues
in particle physics. We discuss: i) recent theoretical development and
experimental progress in kaon physics relevant for the Standard Model tests in
the flavor sector, ii) the sensitivity we can reach in probing CPT and Quantum
Mechanics from time evolution of entangled kaon states, iii) the interest for
improving on the present measurements of non-leptonic and radiative decays of
kaons and eta/eta mesons, iv) the contribution to understand the
nature of light scalar mesons, and v) the opportunity to search for narrow
di-lepton resonances suggested by recent models proposing a hidden dark-matter
sector. We also report on the physics in the continuum with the
measurements of (multi)hadronic cross sections and the study of gamma gamma
processes.Comment: 60 pages, 41 figures; added affiliation for one of the authors; added
reference to section