# Decays of $P_c$ into $J/\psi N$ and $\eta_cN$ with heavy quark spin symmetry

## TL;DR

This paper explores how heavy quark spin symmetry constrains the decay patterns of hidden-charm pentaquarks, predicting ratios of decay widths and suggesting certain states decay more readily into specific channels.

## Contribution

It applies heavy quark spin symmetry to predict decay ratios and explore the decay behavior of seven molecular pentaquark states, extending understanding of their decay mechanisms.

## Key findings

- At least four states decay more easily into J/ψ N than P_c(4312).
- Two states couple mainly to D*Σ_c*.
- No significant peak observed at D*Σ_c* threshold in J/ψ p distribution.

## Abstract

We investigate the consequences of heavy quark spin symmetry (HQSS) on hidden-charm pentaquark $P_c$ states. As has been proposed before, assuming the $P_c(4440)$ and the $P_c(4457)$ as $S$-wave $\bar{D}^*\Sigma_c$ molecules, seven hadronic molecular states composed of $\bar{D}\Sigma_c$, $\bar{D}\Sigma_c^*$, $\bar{D}^*\Sigma_c$, and $\bar{D}^*\Sigma_c^*$ can be obtained, with the $\bar{D}\Sigma_c$ molecule corresponding to the $P_c(4312)$. These seven states can decay into $J/\psi N$ and $\eta_c N$, and we use HQSS to predict ratios of partial widths of the $S$-wave decays. For the decays into $J/\psi N$, it is found that among all six $P_c$ molecules with spin $1/2$ or $3/2$, at least four states decay much more easily into the $J/\psi N$ than the $P_c(4312)$, and two of them couple dominantly to the $\bar D^*\Sigma_c^*$. While no significant peak around the $\bar{D}^*\Sigma_c^*$ threshold is found in the $J/\psi p$ distribution, these higher $P_c$ states either are produced with lower rates or some special production mechanism for the observed $P_c$ states might play an important role, such as an intricate interplay between the production of pentaquarks and triangle singularities.