# $P_c$ pentaquarks with chiral tensor and quark dynamics

## TL;DR

This paper models hidden-charm pentaquarks as meson-baryon superpositions coupled to a compact core, successfully explaining observed masses and decay widths through heavy quark and chiral symmetries.

## Contribution

It introduces a model combining meson-baryon channels with a quark core, explaining pentaquark properties consistent with experimental data.

## Key findings

- Mass ordering driven by quark dynamics
- Decay widths influenced by tensor force of one-pion exchange
- Model reproduces masses and decay widths of observed P_c states

## Abstract

We investigate the hidden-charm pentaquarks as superpositions of $\Lambda_c \bar{D}^{(*)}$ and $\Sigma_c^{(*)} \bar{D}^{(*)}$ (isospin $I = 1/2$) meson-baryon channels coupled to a $uudc\bar{c}$ compact core by employing an interaction satisfying the heavy quark and chiral symmetries. Our model can consistently explain the masses and decay widths of $P_c^+(4312)$, $P_c^+(4440)$ and $P_c^+(4457)$ with the dominant components of $\Sigma_c \bar D$ and $\Sigma_c \bar D^\ast$ with spin parity assignments $J^P = 1/2^{-}, 3/2^{-}$ and $1/2^{-}$, respectively. We analyze basic properties of the $P_c$'s such as masses and decay widths, and find that the mass ordering is dominantly determined by the quark dynamics while the decay widths by the tensor force of the one-pion exchange.