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Predictions for the scalar partner of the LHC tetraquark X(6600)
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The paper predicts a scalar cc-ccbar tetraquark state (X(6400)) and identifies it as the partner to the recently observed tensor state X(6600).
A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.
The authors use a 'diquark' model, where the quarks pair up into two-body units before forming the larger particle. According to the symmetries of this model, if the 6600 MeV particle exists with a specific spin, there must be a 'scalar' (zero-spin) version slightly lower in mass. The paper calculates this mass to be approximately 6400 MeV and predicts that it will also decay into two J/psi particles, providing a clear 'smoking gun' for future experiments to look for.
Core claim
The existence of a scalar (0++) partner state X(6400) to the X(6600) tensor (2++) state, with a mass around 6400 MeV and a primary decay mode into J/psi J/psi.
Load-bearing premise
The identification of the observed CMS signal at 6600 MeV as a pure 2++ tensor state within the diquark-antidiquark S-wave multiplet, rather than an alternative structural configuration.
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We consider how the recent CMS measurements of the masses and quantum numbers of $X(6600)$, $X(6900)$ and $X(7100)$ can help to reveal the internal structure of these apparent $cc\bar{c}\bar{c}$ tetraquark states. The measured $J^{PC} = 2^{++}$ quantum numbers of $X(6600)$ are consistent with our previous prediction, and imply the existence of lighter $0^{++}$ partner $X(6400)$ which also decays to $J/\psi J/\psi $. There may already be indications for this scalar partner in the recent CMS data fits, which include a Breit-Wigner peak with mass around 6400~MeV. We give predictions for the masses and decay properties of the scalar and other partner states, which are key experimental tests to discriminate between quark and diquark models. We urge closer experimental scrutiny in this mass region, to establish an S-wave multiplet of $cc \bar c \bar c$ states (the first of its kind), leading to a breakthrough in exotic hadron research and our understanding of exclusively heavy quark exotics.
Editorial analysis
A structured set of objections, weighed in public.
Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger
free parameters (2)
- Constituent charm quark mass (m_c)
- Spin-spin coupling constant
axioms (1)
- domain assumption Diquark-antidiquark structure
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