Molecular $\Omega_c$ states generated from coupled meson-baryon channels

TL;DR

This paper investigates $ ext{Ω}_c$ states generated from meson-baryon interactions using an extended hidden gauge approach, successfully matching some experimental states and predicting new ones.

Contribution

It introduces a method combining hidden gauge and chiral Lagrangians to dynamically generate $ ext{Ω}_c$ states, preserving heavy quark symmetry and matching experimental data.

Findings

Generated four $ ext{Ω}_c$ states with specific spins and parities.

Matched three states with experimental observations in mass and width.

Predicted additional higher-energy vector-baryon states.

Abstract

We have investigated $\Omega_c$ states that are dynamically generated from the meson-baryon interaction. We use an extension of the local hidden gauge to obtain the interaction from the exchange of vector mesons. We show that the dominant terms come from the exchange of light vectors, where the heavy quarks are spectators. This has as a consequence that heavy quark symmetry is preserved for the dominant terms in the $(1/m_Q)$ counting, and also that the interaction in this case can be obtained from the $\textrm{SU(3)}$ chiral Lagrangians. We show that for a standard value for the cutoff regulating the loop, we obtain two states with $J^{P}={1/2}^{-}$ and two more with $J^{P}={3/2}^{-}$, three of them in remarkable agreement with three experimental states in mass and width. We also make predictions at higher energies for states of vector-baryon nature.