In-Medium Modifications of Scalar Charm Mesons in Nuclear Matter

TL;DR

This paper uses QCD sum rules to estimate how scalar charm mesons' properties change in nuclear matter, focusing on mass modifications and splitting of D*-D*-bar.

Contribution

It provides the first quantitative analysis of scalar charm mesons' in-medium modifications using QCD sum rules.

Findings

Mass splitting of D*-D*-bar quantified

In-medium mass modifications estimated

Results relevant for heavy-ion collision experiments

Abstract

Employing QCD sum rules the in-medium modifications of scalar charm mesons in a cold nuclear matter environment are estimated. The mass splitting of D*-D*-bar is quantified.