Vector and scalar charmonium resonances with lattice QCD
- Univ. of Graz, Graz (Austria)
- Jozef Stefan Inst. (IJS), Ljubljana (Slovenia)
- Univ. of Ljubljana, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
- Jozef Stefan Inst. (IJS), Ljubljana (Slovenia); Univ. of Ljubljana, Ljubljana (Slovenia); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)
We perform an exploratory lattice QCD simulation of DD¯ scattering, aimed at determining the masses as well as the decay widths of charmonium resonances above open charm threshold. Neglecting coupling to other channels, the resulting phase shift for DD¯ scattering in p-wave yields the well-known vector resonance ψ(3770). For mπ = 156 MeV, the extracted resonance mass and the decay width agree with experiment within large statistical uncertainty. The scalar charmonium resonances present a puzzle, since only the ground state Χc0(1P) is well understood, while there is no commonly accepted candidate for its first excitation. We simulate DD¯ scattering in s-wave in order to shed light on this puzzle. The resulting phase shift supports the existence of a yet-unobserved narrow resonance with a mass slightly below 4 GeV. A scenario with this narrow resonance and a pole at Χc0(1P) agrees with the energy-dependence of our phase shift. In addition, further lattice QCD simulations and experimental efforts are needed to resolve the puzzle of the excited scalar charmonia.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359; AC05-06OR23177
- OSTI ID:
- 1222707
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/OR/23177-3322; FERMILAB-PUB-15-084-T; JLAB-THY--15-2022; arXiv:1503.05363; PII: 2091
- Journal Information:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 2015; ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer BerlinCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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