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The hidden-charm pentaquark and tetraquark states
In the past decade many charmonium-like states were observed experimentally.
Especially those charged charmonium-like states and bottomonium-like
states can not be accommodated within the naive quark model. These
charged states are good candidates of either the hidden-charm tetraquark
states or molecules composed of a pair of charmed mesons. Recently, the LHCb
Collaboration discovered two hidden-charm pentaquark states, which are also
beyond the quark model. In this work, we review the current experimental
progress and investigate various theoretical interpretations of these
candidates of the multiquark states. We list the puzzles and theoretical
challenges of these models when confronted with the experimental data. We also
discuss possible future measurements which may distinguish the theoretical
schemes on the underlying structures of the hidden-charm multiquark states.Comment: Review accepted by Physics Reports, 152 pages, 66 figures, and 29
table
Mass spectra of Zc and Zb exotic states as hadron molecules
We construct charmonium-like and bottomonium-like molecular interpolating
currents with quantum numbers J(PC)=1(+-) in a systematic way, including both
color singlet-singlet and color octet-octet structures. Using these
interpolating currents, we calculate two-point correlation functions and
perform QCD sum rule analyses to obtain mass spectra of the charmonium-like and
bottomonium-like molecular states. Masses of the charmonium-like q_bar c c_bar
q molecular states for these various currents are extracted in the range
3.85-4.22 GeV, which are in good agreement with observed masses of the Zc
resonances. Our numerical results suggest a possible landscape of hadronic
molecule interpretations of the newly-observed Zc states. Mass spectra of the
bottomonium-like q_bar b b_bar q molecular states are similarly obtained in the
range 9.92-10.48 GeV, which support the interpretation of the Zb(10610) meson
as a molecular state within theoretical uncertainties. Possible decay channels
of these molecular states are also discussed.Comment: 15 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables, accepted by PR
The Possible J^{PC}=0^{--} Exotic State
In order to explore the possible existence of the exotic state, we
have constructed the tetraquark interpolating operators systematically. As a
byproduct, we notice the tetraquark operators without derivatives do
not exist. The special Lorentz structure of the currents forbids the
four-quark correction to the spectral density. Now the gluon condensate is the
dominant power correction. Within the framework of the finite energy sum rule,
none of the seven interpolating currents supports a resonant signal. Therefore
we conclude that the exotic state does not exist below 2 GeV, which is
consistent with the current experimental observations.Comment: 12 pages, 27 figure
Establishing low-lying doubly charmed baryons
We systematically study the -wave doubly charmed baryons using the method
of QCD sum rules. Our results suggest that the recently
observed by LHCb can be well identified as the -wave state of
. We study its relevant state, whose mass is
predicted to be around 3.7 GeV. We also systematically study the -wave
doubly charmed baryons, whose masses are predicted to be around 4.1 GeV.
Especially, there can be several excited doubly charmed baryons in this energy
region, and we suggest to search for them in order to study the fine structure
of the strong interaction.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, 1 table; A mistake was found when evaluating
decay constants of the S-wave charmed baryons. The conclusion is not change
Doubly hidden-charm/bottom tetraquark states
We study the mass spectra for the and
tetraquark states by developing a moment sum rule method. Our results show that
the tetraquarks lie below the threshold of
. They are probably stable and very narrow. The masses
for the doubly hidden-charm states are higher than the
spontaneous dissociation thresholds of two charmonium mesons. We suggest to
search for such states in the and
channels.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures. More references added. Conference proceedings for
6th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics (ICNFP 2017), Crete,
Greece, 17-29 Aug, 201
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