Understanding spin parity of $P_c(4450)$ and $Y(4274)$ in a hadronic molecular state picture

TL;DR

This paper investigates the spin parity of $P_c(4450)$ and $Y(4274)$ as hadronic molecules using a quasipotential Bethe-Salpeter approach, revealing the importance of P-wave interactions in understanding their properties.

Contribution

It introduces a coupled-channel approach with partial wave decomposition to analyze the spin-parity of molecular states, emphasizing the role of P-wave interactions.

Findings

Two poles at 4447±4i MeV and 4392±46i MeV from $ar{D}^*\Sigma_c$ interactions.

A pole at 4275±11i MeV from P-wave $D_sar{D}_{s0}(2317)$ interaction.

P-wave interactions are as significant as S-wave in hadronic molecular states.

Abstract

The hidden-charmed pentaquark $P_c(4450)$ and the charmonium-like state $Y(4274)$ are investigated as a $\bar{D}^*\Sigma_c$ and a $D_s\bar{D}_{s0}(2317)$ molecular state, respectively. The spin parities of these two states cannot be well understood if only S-wave $\bar{D}^*\Sigma_c$ and $D_s\bar{D}_{s0}(2317)$ interactions are considered. In this work, the interactions are studied in a quasipotential Bethe-Salpeter equation approach with a partial wave decomposition on spin parity $J^P$, and the contributions of different partial waves are studied in a two-channel scattering model including a generating channel and an observation channel. Two poles at $4447\pm4i$ and $4392\pm46i$ MeV are produced from the $\bar{D}^*\Sigma_c$ interaction coupled with the $J/\psi p$ channel in $3/2^-$ wave and $5/2^+$ wave, respectively. The peak for the $5/2^+$ state has a comparable height as that of the $3/2^-$ state in the $J/\psi p$ invariant mass spectrum. The $D_s\bar{D}_{s0}(2317)$ interaction coupled with the $J/\psi\phi$ channel is studied and a pole at $4275\pm11i$ MeV is produced in $J^{P}=1^{+}$ wave, which corresponds to P-wave $D_s\bar{D}_{s0}(2317)$ interaction. The pole from S-wave $D_s\bar{D}_{s0}(2317)$ interaction is far below that from P-wave interaction even the $J/\psi\phi$ threshold, so cannot be observed in the $J/\psi\phi$ channel. The result suggests that in these cases a state carrying a spin parity corresponding to P-wave interaction should be taken as seriously as these carrying a spin parity corresponding to S-wave interaction in the hadronic molecular state picture.