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Photoproduction of strange hidden-charm and hidden-bottom states

Xu Cao, Jian-Ping Dai, Zhi Yang

2021The European Physical Journal C26 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract Recently BESIII collaboration discovered a charged strange hidden-charm state $$Z_{cs}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Z</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>cs</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> (3985) in the $$D_s^-D^{*0} + D_s^{*-}D^{0}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:msubsup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mo>∗</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mo>∗</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> spectrum. A higher $$Z'_{cs}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>Z</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>cs</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msubsup> </mml:math> state coupling to $${\bar{D}}_s^{*-}D^{*0}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mover> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>¯</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mover> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mo>∗</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mo>∗</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> is expected by SU(3)-flavor symmetry, and their bottom partners are anticipated by heavy quark flavor symmetry. Here we study the photoproduction of these exotic states and investigate carefully the background from Pomeron exchange. Our results indicate that the maximal photoproduction cross section of strange partner is around 1–2 orders of magnitude smaller than that of the corresponding non-strange states. The possibility of searching for them in future electron-ion colliders (EIC) is briefly discussed.

Topics & Concepts

PhysicsParticle physicsNuclear physicsStrange quarkState (computer science)Coupling (piping)PomeronPhotonQuarkCross section (physics)Quark modelStrange matterColliderTop quarkHadronQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesAtomic and Molecular Physics