A Phenomenological analysis on isospin-violating decay of $X(3872)$

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the isospin-violating decay processes of X(3872) within a molecular framework, explaining observed decay ratios and predicting new partial width ratios for future experimental verification.

Contribution

It introduces a phenomenological model linking decay ratios to meson loop interference, providing a novel explanation for isospin violation in X(3872) decays.

Findings

The decay ratio matches BESIII measurements.

Predicted partial width ratios for different J states.

Model parameters fixed by experimental decay ratios.

Abstract

In a molecular scenario, we investigate the isospin-breaking hidden charm decay processes of $X(3872)$, i.e., $X(3872) \to \pi^+ \pi^- J/\psi$, $X(3872) \to \pi^+ \pi^- \pi^0 J/\psi$, and $X(3872)\to \pi^0\chi_{cJ}$. We assume that the source of the strong isospin violation comes from the different coupling strengths of $X(3872)$ to its charged components $D^{\ast +} D^-$ and neutral components $D^{\ast 0 } \bar{D}^0$ as well as the interference between the charged meson loops and neutral meson loops. The former effect could fix our parameters by using the measurement of the ratio $\Gamma[X(3872) \to \pi^+ \pi^- \pi^0 J/\psi]/\Gamma[X(3872) \to \pi^+ \pi^- J/\psi]$. With the determined parameter range, we find that the estimated ratio $\Gamma[X(3872) \to \pi^0 \chi_{c1}/\Gamma[X(3872) \to \pi^+ \pi^- J/\psi]$ is well consistent with the experimental measurement from the BESIII collaboration. Moreover, the partial width ratio of $\pi^0 \chi_{cJ}$ for $J=0,1,2$ is estimated to be $1.77\sim1.65:1:1.09\sim1.43$, which could be tested by further precise measurements of BESIII and Belle II.