Hidden-charmonium decays of $Z_c(3900)$ and $Z_c(4025)$ in intermediate meson loops model

TL;DR

This paper investigates the decay mechanisms of $Z_c(3900)$ and $Z_c(4025)$ using an intermediate meson loops model, providing theoretical predictions consistent with experimental data and suggesting further experimental searches.

Contribution

The study introduces an intermediate $D^{(*)} D^{(*)}$ meson loops model to explain hidden-charmonium decays of $Z_c$ states, aligning with power-counting analysis and nonrelativistic effective field theory.

Findings

Branching ratios can be reasonably explained with the model.

Intermediate meson loops may be a key decay mechanism.

Results align with existing theoretical frameworks.

Abstract

The BESIII collaboration reported an observation of two charged charmonium-like structure $Z_c^{\pm}(3900)$ and $Z_c^{\pm}(4025)$ in $e^+e^- \to (J/\psi \pi)^{\pm} \pi^{\mp}$ and $e^+e^- \to (D^* {\bar D}^*)^{\pm} \pi^{\mp}$ at ${\sqrt s} =4.26$ GeV recently, which could be an analogue of $Z_b(10610)$ and $Z_b(10650)$ claimed by the Belle Collaboration. In this work, we investigate the hidden-charmonium transitions of $Z_c^{\pm}(3900)$ and $Z_c^{\pm}(4025)$ via intermediate $D^{(*)} {D}^{(*)}$ meson loops. Reasonable results for the branching ratios by taking appropriate values of $\alpha$ in this model can be obtained, which shows that the intermediate $D^{(*)} {D}^{(*)}$ meson loops process may be a possible mechanism in these decays. Our results are consistent with the power-counting analysis, and comparable with the calculations in the framework of nonrelativistic effective field theory to some extent. We expect more experimental measurements on these hidden-charmonium decays and search for the decays of $Z_c\to D{\bar D}^* +c.c.$ and $Z_c^\prime \to D^* {\bar D}^*$, which will help us investigate the $Z_c^{(\prime)}$ decays deeply.