Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-09-17
Phys.Rev.D76:094028,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
24 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.094028
If the quantum numbers of the X(3872) are J^{PC}=1^{++}, the measurement of its mass implies that it is either a loosely-bound hadronic molecule whose constituents are a superposition of the charm mesons pairs D^{*0} Dbar^0 and D^0 Dbar^{*0} or else it is a virtual state of these charm mesons. Its binding energy is small enough that the decay width of a constituent D^{*0} or Dbar^{*0} has a significant effect on the line shapes of the X resonance. We develop a simple approximation to the line shapes that takes into account the effect of the D^{*0} width as well as inelastic scattering channels of the charm mesons. We carry out a simultaneous fit to the line shapes in the J/psi pi^+ pi^- and D^0 Dbar^0 pi^0 channels measured in the decays B^+ to K^+ + X by the Belle Collaboration. The best fit corresponds to the X(3872) being a bound state just below the D^{*0} Dbar^0 threshold, but a virtual state just above the D^{*0} D-ar^0 threshold is not excluded.
Braaten Eric
Lu Meng
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