The Effects of Charged Charm Mesons on the Line Shapes of the X(3872)

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2007-10-29

arxiv.org/abs/0710.5482v1

Phys.Rev.D77:014029,2008

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

30 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.77.014029

The quantum numbers J^PC = 1++ of the X(3872) and the proximity of its mass to the D*0 anti-D0 threshold imply that it is either a loosely-bound hadronic molecule whose constituents are a superposition of D*0 anti-D0 and D0 anti-D*0 or it is a virtual state of charm mesons. The line shapes of the X(3872) can discriminate between these two possibilities. At energies within a few MeV of the D*0 anti-D0 threshold, the lines shapes of the X produced in B -> K transitions are determined by its binding energy and its width. Their normalizations are determined by a short-distance constant that is different for B+ -> K+ and B0 -> K0. At energies comparable to the 8 MeV splitting between the D*0 anti-D0 and D*+ D- thresholds, the charged meson channels D*+ D- and D+ D*- have a significant effect on the line shapes of the X. We calculate the line shapes taking into account the resonant coupling between the charged and neutral 1++ channels. The line shapes and their normalizations depend on one additional scattering parameter and two additional short-distance constants associated with the B -> K transitions. The line shapes of the X resonance depend on its decay channel; they are different for J/psi pi+ pi-, J/psi pi+ pi- pi0, and D0 anti-D0 pi0. The line shapes are also different for X produced in B+ decays and in B0 decays. Some conceptual errors in previous work on this problem are pointed out.

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