Heavy Hybrids in QCD effective theories

TL;DR

This paper provides model-independent predictions for the short-range energies of gluonic excitations in hybrid potentials within an effective field theory framework, advancing understanding of QCD in static quark systems.

Contribution

It introduces a model-independent approach to predict hybrid potential energies in QCD using effective field theory, specifically pNRQCD.

Findings

Predictions on short-range hybrid potential energies

Model-independent results in QCD effective theories

Application of pNRQCD to gluonic excitations

Abstract

We present model independent predictions on the short range behavior of the energies of the gluonic excitations between static quarks (hybrid potentials) in an effective field theory framework (pNRQCD).