Positive parity pentaquark towers in large Nc QCD

dc.creatorPirjol, Dan
dc.creatorSchat, Carlos
dc.date2006-12-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:02:28Z
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dc.descriptionWe construct the complete set of positive parity pentaquarks, which correspond in the quark model to {\bar s} q^{Nc+1} states with one unit of orbital angular momentum L=1. In the large Nc limit they fall into the K=1/2 and K=3/2 irreps (towers) of the contracted SU(4)c symmetry. We derive predictions for the mass spectrum and the axial couplings of these states at leading order in 1/Nc. The strong decay width of the lowest-lying positive parity exotic state is of order O(1/Nc), such that this state is narrow in the large Nc limit. Replacing the antiquark with a heavy antiquark {\bar Q} q^{Nc+1}, the two towers become degenerate, split only by O(1/mQ) hyperfine interactions. We obtain predictions for the strong decay widths of heavy pentaquarks to ordinary baryons and heavy H(*)_{\bar Q} mesons at leading order in 1/Nc and 1/mQ.
dc.description21 pages, 2 figures, 5 tables
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0612314
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0612314
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D75:076004,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.75.076004
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/188261
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titlePositive parity pentaquark towers in large Nc QCD
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