The $S$- and $P$-wave fully charmed tetraquark states and their radial excitations

TL;DR

This study systematically analyzes the mass spectra and properties of fully charmed tetraquark states, supporting certain experimental structures as specific quantum states, and finds no stable bound states with radii smaller than 1 fm.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive relativized quark model analysis of the ground and excited states of fully charmed tetraquarks, linking theoretical predictions to recent experimental observations.

Findings

No stable bound states for fully charmed tetraquarks.

X(6600) may be a 0++ or 2++ state or their mixture.

X(6900) and X(7200) can be interpreted as 2S or 2P states.

Abstract

Inspired by recent progresses in observations of the fully charmed tetraquark states by LHCb, CMS, and ATLAS Collaborations, we perform a systematic study of the ground states and the first radial excitations of the $S$- and $P$-wave $\mathrm{cc}\bar{\mathrm{c}}\bar{\mathrm{c}}$ system. Their mass spectra, root mean square(r.m.s.) radii and radial density distributions are studied with the relativized quark model. The calculations show that there is no stable bound states for the full-charmed tetraquark states, and the r.m.s. radii of these tetraquark states are smaller than 1 fm. Our results support assigning X(6600) structure, $M_{X(6600)}=6552\pm10\pm12$ MeV, as one of the $0^{++}$(1$S$) and $2^{++}$(1$S$) states or their mixtures. Another structure also named as X(6600) by CMS Collaboration, $M_{X(6600)}=6.62\pm0.03^{+0.02}_{-0.01}$ GeV, may arise from the lowest 1$P$ states with $J^{PC}$=$0^{-+}$, $1^{-+}$, and $2^{-+}$. The possible assignments for X(6900) include the $0^{++}$(2$S$), $2^{++}$(2$S$) states, and the highest 1$P$ state with $J^{PC}=0^{-+}$. As for X(7200), it can be interpreted as one of the highest 2$P$ states with $J^{PC}=0^{-+}$, $1^{-+}$, and $2^{-+}$, and the 3$S$ states can not be completely excluded from the candidates.