Three ways to decipher the nature of exotic hadrons: multiplets, three-body hadronic molecules, and correlation functions
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| author | Liu, Ming-Zhu Pan, Ya-Wen Liu, Zhi-Wei Wu, Tian-Wei Lu, Jun-Xu Geng, Li-Sheng |
| author_facet | Liu, Ming-Zhu Pan, Ya-Wen Liu, Zhi-Wei Wu, Tian-Wei Lu, Jun-Xu Geng, Li-Sheng |
| contents | In the past two decades, a plethora of hadronic states beyond the conventional quark model of $q\bar{q}$ mesons and $qqq$ baryons have been observed experimentally, which motivated extensive studies to understand their nature and the non-perturbative strong interaction. Since most of these exotic states are near the mass thresholds of a pair of conventional hadrons, the prevailing picture is that they are primarily hadronic molecules. In principle, one can verify the molecular nature of these states by thoroughly comparing their masses, decay widths, and production rates in a particular picture with experimental data. However, this is difficult or impossible. First, quantum mechanics allows for the mixing of configurations allowed by symmetries and quantum numbers. Second, data are relatively scarce because of their small production rates and the many difficulties in the experimental measurements. As a result, other alternatives need to be explored. This review summarizes three such approaches that can help disentangle the nature of the many exotic hadrons discovered. In the first approach, based on the molecular interpretations for some exotic states, we study the likely existence of multiplets of hadronic molecules related by various symmetries, such as isospin symmetry, SU(3)-flavor symmetry, heavy quark spin/flavor symmetry, and heavy antiquark diquark symmetry. In the second approach, starting from some hadronic molecular candidates, one can derive the underlying hadron-hadron interactions. With these interactions, one can study related three-body systems and check whether three-body bound states/resonances exist. In the third approach, one can turn to the femtoscopy technique to derive the hadron-hadron interactions, hence inaccessible. This technique provided an unprecedented opportunity to understand the interactions between unstable hadrons. |
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| spellingShingle | Three ways to decipher the nature of exotic hadrons: multiplets, three-body hadronic molecules, and correlation functions Liu, Ming-Zhu Pan, Ya-Wen Liu, Zhi-Wei Wu, Tian-Wei Lu, Jun-Xu Geng, Li-Sheng High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory In the past two decades, a plethora of hadronic states beyond the conventional quark model of $q\bar{q}$ mesons and $qqq$ baryons have been observed experimentally, which motivated extensive studies to understand their nature and the non-perturbative strong interaction. Since most of these exotic states are near the mass thresholds of a pair of conventional hadrons, the prevailing picture is that they are primarily hadronic molecules. In principle, one can verify the molecular nature of these states by thoroughly comparing their masses, decay widths, and production rates in a particular picture with experimental data. However, this is difficult or impossible. First, quantum mechanics allows for the mixing of configurations allowed by symmetries and quantum numbers. Second, data are relatively scarce because of their small production rates and the many difficulties in the experimental measurements. As a result, other alternatives need to be explored. This review summarizes three such approaches that can help disentangle the nature of the many exotic hadrons discovered. In the first approach, based on the molecular interpretations for some exotic states, we study the likely existence of multiplets of hadronic molecules related by various symmetries, such as isospin symmetry, SU(3)-flavor symmetry, heavy quark spin/flavor symmetry, and heavy antiquark diquark symmetry. In the second approach, starting from some hadronic molecular candidates, one can derive the underlying hadron-hadron interactions. With these interactions, one can study related three-body systems and check whether three-body bound states/resonances exist. In the third approach, one can turn to the femtoscopy technique to derive the hadron-hadron interactions, hence inaccessible. This technique provided an unprecedented opportunity to understand the interactions between unstable hadrons. |
| title | Three ways to decipher the nature of exotic hadrons: multiplets, three-body hadronic molecules, and correlation functions |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06399 |