Strange pentaquarks with a hidden heavy quark-antiquark pair

TL;DR

This paper investigates strange pentaquarks with hidden heavy quark pairs using a coupled-channel quark cluster model, revealing bound states and resonances, notably a resonance around 4500 MeV in the charm sector and clearer structures in the bottom sector.

Contribution

It introduces a coupled-channel quark cluster model analysis of strange pentaquarks with hidden heavy quark pairs, identifying new bound states and resonances.

Findings

Resonance at ~4500 MeV in hidden charm sector

Clearer structures observed in hidden bottom systems

Two types of $q^3$ color-octet configurations provide attraction

Abstract

The strange pentaquarks with hidden heavy quark pair ($q^3c\bar c$ and $q^3b \bar b$) are investigated by the coupled-channel quark cluster model. Two types of the $q^3$ color-octet configurations are found to provide the attraction, which makes bound states, sharp resonances, and cusps in the baryon meson scattering. A resonance appears at around 4500 MeV in the strange hidden charm sector. Such structures are more clearly seen in the hidden bottom systems.