# Effects of $N(2080){3/2}^-$ and $N(2270)3/2^-$ molecules on $K^\ast \Sigma$ photoproduction

## TL;DR

This study re-analyzes $K^\ast \Sigma$ photoproduction data by considering $N(2080)3/2^-$ and $N(2270)3/2^-$ as molecular states, successfully reproducing data and highlighting their dominant contributions near threshold and at higher energies.

## Contribution

It introduces the molecular interpretation of $N(2080)3/2^-$ and $N(2270)3/2^-$ states in $K^\ast \Sigma$ photoproduction, providing a novel perspective beyond traditional nucleon resonances.

## Key findings

- Molecular structures are compatible with experimental data.
- $N(2080)3/2^-$ dominates near-threshold energies.
- $N(2270)3/2^-$ significantly contributes at higher energies.

## Abstract

In the present work, we re-analyze the available data for $\gamma p\to K^{\ast +}\Sigma^0$ and $\gamma p \to K^{\ast 0}\Sigma^+$ by considering the contributions from the $N(2080){3/2}^-$ and $N(2270)3/2^-$ molecules instead of any nucleon resonances in the $s$ channel, where the $N(2080)3/2^-$ was proposed to be a $K^\ast \Sigma$ molecule as the strange partner of the $P_c^+(4457)$ hadronic molecular state, and the $N(2270)3/2^-$ was assumed to be a $K^*\Sigma^*$ molecule as the strange partner of the $\bar{D}^\ast \Sigma^\ast_c$ bound states that are predicated as members in the same heavy-quark spin symmetry multiplet as the $P_c$ states. It turns out that all the available cross-section data can be well reproduced, indicating that the molecular structures of the possible $N(2080){3/2}^-$ and $N(2270)3/2^-$ states are compatible with the available data for $K^\ast\Sigma$ photoproduction reactions. Further analysis shows that for both $\gamma p\to K^{\ast +}\Sigma^0$ and $\gamma p \to K^{\ast 0}\Sigma^+$ reactions, the $N(2080){3/2}^-$ exchange provides dominant contributions to the cross-sections in the near-threshold energy region, and significant contributions from the $N(2270)3/2^-$ exchange to the cross-sections in the higher energy region are also found. Predictions of the beam asymmetry $\Sigma$, target asymmetry $T$, and recoil baryon asymmetry $P$ are presented and compared with those from our previous work. Measurements of the data on these observables are called on to further constrain the reaction mechanisms of $K^\ast\Sigma$ photoproduction reactions and to verify the molecular scenario of the $N(2080){3/2}^-$ and $N(2270)3/2^-$ states.