A study of the decays of $S-$wave $\bar D^\ast K^\ast$ hadronic molecules: the scalar $X_0(2900)$ and its spin partners $X_{J(J=1,2)}$

TL;DR

This paper studies the decay properties of the recently observed $X_0(2900)$ tetraquark, models it as a hadronic molecule, and predicts decay behaviors of its spin partners to aid future experimental searches.

Contribution

It introduces a molecular interpretation of $X_0(2900)$ and predicts decay widths and modes for its spin partners $X_1$ and $X_2$, providing guidance for future experiments.

Findings

$X_1$ is a broad state with width > 100 MeV.

$X_2$ is a narrow state with width about half of $X_0(2900)$.

$ar D^ ext{*}K$ is the dominant decay mode for $X_1$ and $X_2$.

Abstract

In this work, we investigated the decays of the fully open-flavor tetraquark state $X_0(2900)$ which was observed by the LHCb Collaboration very recently. Here, the $X_0(2900)$ was assigned as a $S-$wave $\bar D^\ast K^\ast$ hadronic molecule with $I=0$, and the effective lagrangian approach was applied to estimate the partial decay widths. Moreover, we also predicted the decay behaviors of the other unobserved $X_{J(J=1,2)}$, which were the spin partners of the $X_0(2900)$ in the $S-$wave $\bar D^\ast K^\ast$ picture. It was pointed out that the $X_1$ state with $I=0$ was a broad state with the width more than one hundred MeV, while another $X_2$ state with $I=0$ was a narrow state with the width approaching half of that for the $X_0(2900)$. In addition, our results also showed that the $\bar D^\ast K$ mode was expected to be the dominant decay mode for both $X_1$ and $X_2$. Searching for those unobserved $X_{J(J=1,2)}$ in the future experiments might be helpful to understand the nature of $X_0(2900)$.