Analysis of the tensor-tensor type scalar tetraquark states with QCD sum rules

In this article, we study the ground states and the first radial excited states of the tensor-tensor type scalar hidden-charm tetraquark states with the QCD sum rules. We separate the ground state contributions from the first radial excited state contributions unambiguously, and obtain the QCD sum rules for the ground states and the first radial excited states, respectively. Then we search for the Borel parameters and continuum threshold parameters according to four criteria and obtain the masses of the tensor-tensor type scalar hidden-charm tetraquark states, which can be confronted to the experimental data in the future.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1607.0484

The decay width of the Zc(3900)Z_c(3900) as an axialvector tetraquark state in solid quark-hadron duality

In this article, we tentatively assign the $Z_c^\pm(3900)$ to be the diquark-antidiquark type axialvector tetraquark state, study the hadronic coupling constants $G_{Z_cJ/\psi\pi}$, $G_{Z_c\eta_c\rho}$, $G_{Z_cD \bar{D}^{*}}$ with the QCD sum rules in details. We take into account both the connected and disconnected Feynman diagrams in carrying out the operator product expansion, as the connected Feynman diagrams alone cannot do the work. Special attentions are paid to matching the hadron side of the correlation functions with the QCD side of the correlation functions to obtain solid duality, the routine can be applied to study other hadronic couplings directly. We study the two-body strong decays $Z_c^+(3900)\to J/\psi\pi^+$, $\eta_c\rho^+$, $D^+ \bar{D}^{*0}$, $\bar{D}^0 D^{*+}$ and obtain the total width of the $Z_c^\pm(3900)$. The numerical results support assigning the $Z_c^\pm(3900)$ to be the diquark-antidiquark type axialvector tetraquark state, and assigning the $Z_c^\pm(3885)$ to be the meson-meson type axialvector molecular state.Comment: 16 pages, 3 figure

Electron-phonon coupling and superconductivity in LiB1+x_{1+x}C1−x_{1-x}

By means of the first-principles density-functional theory calculation and Wannier interpolation, electron-phonon coupling and superconductivity are systematically explored for boron-doped LiBC (i.e. LiB$_{1+x}$C$_{1-x}$), with $x$ between 0.1 and 0.9. Hole doping introduced by boron atoms is treated through virtual-crystal approximation. For the investigated doping concentrations, our calculations show the optimal doping concentration corresponds to 0.8. By solving the anisotropic Eliashberg equations, we find that LiB$_{1.8}$C$_{0.2}$ is a two-gap superconductor, whose superconducting transition temperature, T$_c$, may exceed the experimentally observed value of MgB$_2$. Similar to MgB$_2$, the two-dimensional bond-stretching $E_{2g}$ phonon modes along $\Gamma$-$A$ line have the largest contribution to electron-phonon coupling. More importantly, we find that the first two acoustic phonon modes $B_1$ and $A_1$ around the midpoint of $K$-$\Gamma$ line play a vital role for the rise of T$_c$ in LiB$_{1.8}$C$_{0.2}$. The origin of strong couplings in $B_1$ and $A_1$ modes can be attributed to enhanced electron-phonon coupling matrix elements and softened phonons. It is revealed that all these phonon modes couple strongly with $\sigma$-bonding electronic states.Comment: 7 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in EP

Higher bottomonium zoo

In this work, we study higher bottomonia up to the $nL=8S$, $6P$, $5D$, $4F$, $3G$ multiplets using the modified Godfrey-Isgur (GI) model, which takes account of color screening effects. The calculated mass spectra of bottomonium states are in reasonable agreement with the present experimental data. Based on spectroscopy, partial widths of all allowed radiative transitions, annihilation decays, hadronic transitions, and open-bottom strong decays of each state are also evaluated by applying our numerical wave functions. Comparing our results with the former results, we point out difference among various models and derive new conclusions obtained in this paper. Notably, we find a significant difference between our model and the GI model when we study $D, F$, and $G$ and $n\ge 4$ states. Our theoretical results are valuable to search for more bottomonia in experiments, such as LHCb, and forthcoming Belle II.Comment: 40 pages, 4 figures and 40 tables. Accepted by Eur. Phys. J.

Diaqua­bis­(1,10-phenanthroline)nickel(II) tetra­kis­(cyanido-κC)nickelate(II) tetra­hydro­furan solvate monohydrate

The title complex, [Ni(C12H8N2)2(H2O)2][Ni(CN)4]·C4H8O·H2O, consists of a cationic [Ni(C12H8N2)2(H2O)2]2+ unit, an anionic [Ni(CN)4]2− unit, one uncoordinated water and one tetra­hydro­furan mol­ecule. In the cationic unit, the Ni2+ atom is coordinated by four N atoms and two O atoms from two 1,10-phenanthroline ligands and two water mol­ecules in a distorted octa­hedral coordination environment. In the anionic unit, the Ni2+ atom is in a square-planar coordination by four C atoms from four monodentate terminal cyanide ligands. O—H⋯N and O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link neighboring cationic and anionic units, forming a three-dimensional supra­molecular network. The inter­stitial tetra­hydro­furan mol­ecule is independently disordered over two sites in a 1:1 ratio

2-(Benzothia­zol-2-yl­sulfanyl)­acetic acid

In the title compound, C9H7NO2S2, the benzine ring is essentially co-planar with the thia­zole ring, making a dihedral angle of 0.36 (7)°. In the crystal structure, mol­ecules are linked by inter­molecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds between the carb­oxy group and the thia­zole N atom into chains along [10]. The chains are assembled into a supermolecular layer structure by thia­zole ring S⋯S contacts [3.5679 (7) Å]