Strangeonium-like hybrids on the lattice

The strangeonium-like ss^-g hybrids are investigated from lattice QCD in the quenched approximation.In the Coulomb gauge,spatially extended operators are constructed for 1^--and(0,1,2)^-+states with the color octet ss^-component being separated from the chromomagnetic field strength by the spatial distance r,whose matrix elements between the vacuum and the corresponding states are interpreted as Bethe-Salpeter(BS)wave functions.In each of the(1,2)^-+channels,the masses and the BS wave functions are reliably derived.The 1^-+ground state mass is approximately 2.1-2.2 GeV,and that of 2^-+is approximately 2.3-2.4 GeV,whereas the mass of the first excited state is approximately 1.4 GeV higher.This mass splitting is much larger compared to that expected based on the phenomenological flux-tube model or constituent gluon model for hybrids,which is usually a few hundred MeV.The BS wave functions with respect to r exhibit clear radial nodal structures of a non-relativistic two-body system,which imply that r is a meaningful dynamical variable for these hybrids and motivate a color halo picture of hybrids,in which the color octet ss^-is surrounded by gluonic degrees of freedom.In the 1^--channel,the properties of the lowest two states are consistent with those ofФ(1020)andФ(1680).We did not obtain convincing information with respect toФ(2170).However,we argue that regardless of whetherФ(2170)is a conventional ss^-meson or a ss^-g hybrid in the color halo scenario,the ratio of partial decay widthsΓ(Фη)andΓ(Фη')observed by BESIII can be understood based on the mechanism of hadronic transition of a strangeonium-like meson in addition toη-η'mixing.     

Revisiting the determining fraction of glueball component in f_0 mesons via radiative decays of J/ψ

QCD theory predicts the existence of glueballs,but so far all experimental endeavors have failed to identify any such states.To remedy this discrepancy between QCD,which has proven to be a successful theory for strong interactions,and the failure of experimental searches for glueballs,one is tempted to accept the promising interpretation that the glueballs mix with regular qq states of the same quantum numbers.The lattice estimate of the masses of pure 0~(++) glueballs ranges from 1 to 2 GeV,which is the region of the f_0 family.Thus many authors suggest that the f_0 mesonic series is an ideal place to study possible mixtures of glueballs and qq.In this paper,following the strategy proposed by Close,Farrar and Li,we try to determine the fraction of glueball components in f_0 mesons using the measured mass spectra and the branching ratios of J/ψ radiative decays into f_0 mesons.Since the pioneering papers by Close et al.,more than 20 years have elapsed and more accurate measurements have been done by several experimental collaborations,so it is time to revisit this interesting topic using new data.We suppose f_0(500) and f_0(980) to be pure quark states,while for f_0(1370),f_0(1500) and f_0(1710),to fit both the experimental data of J/ψ radiative decay and their mass spectra,glueball components are needed.Moreover,the mass of the pure 0~(++) glueball is phenomenologically determined.     

A Lattice Study of the Glueball Spectrum

Glueball Spectrum is studied using an improved gluonic action on asymmetric lattices in the pure SU(3) gauge theory.The smallest spatial lattice spacing is about 0.08 fm which makes the extrapolation to the continuum limit more reliable.In particular.attention is paid to the scalar glueball mass which is known to have problems in the extrapolation.Converting our lattice results to physical units using the scale set by the static quark potential,we obtain the following results for the glueball masses:MG(0 )=1730(90)MeV for the scalar glueball mass and MG(2 )=2400(95)MeV for the tensor glueball.     

Ground State Mass Spectrum for Scalar Diquarks with Bethe-Salpeter Equation

In this article,we study the structures of the pseudoscalar mesons π,K and the scalar diquarks Ua,Da,Sa in the framework of the coupled rainbow Schwinger-Dyson equation and ladder Bethe-Salpeter equation with the confining effective potential.The u,d,s quarks have small current masses,and the renormalization is very large,the mass poles in the timelike region are absent which implements confinement naturally.The Bethe-Salpeter wavefunctions of the pseudoscalar mesons π,K,and the scalar diquarks Ua,Da,Sa have the same type (Gaussian type) momentum dependence,center around zero momentum and extend to the energy scale about q2 = 1 GeV2,which happens to be the energy scale for the chiral symmetry breaking,the strong interactions in the infrared region result in bound (or quasi-bound) states.The numerical results for the masses and decay constants of the π and K mesons can reproduce the experimental values,and the ground state masses of the scalar diquarks Ua,Da,Sa are consistent with the existing theoretical calculations.We suggest a new Lagrangian which may explain the uncertainty of the masses of the scalar diquarks.     

Study of hadrons using the Gaussian functional method in the O(4) linear σ model

We study properties of hadrons in the O(4) linear σ model, where we take into account fluctuations of mesons around their mean field values using the Gaussian functional(GF) method. In the GF method we calculate dressed σ and π masses, where we include the effect of fluctuations of mesons to find a better ground state wave function than the mean field approximation. Then we solve the Bethe-Salpeter equations and calculate physical σand π masses. We recover the Nambu-Goldstone theorem for the physical pion mass to be zero in the chiral limit.The σ meson is a strongly correlated meson-meson state, and seems to have a two meson composite structure. We calculate σ and π masses as functions of temperature for both the chiral limit and explicit chiral symmetry breaking case. We get similar behaviors for the physical σ and π masses as the case of the mean field approximation, but the coupling constants are much larger than the values of the case of the mean field approximation.     

Holographic models of the scalar sector of QCD

We investigate the AdS/QCD duality for the two-point correlation functions of the lowest dimension scalar meson and scalar glueball operators,in the case of the Soft Wall holographic model of QCD.Masses and decay constants as well as gluon condensates are compared to their QCD estimates.In particular,the role of the boundary conditions for the bulk-to-boundary propagators is emphasized.     

Exploring hidden-charm and hidden-strange hexaquark states from lattice QCD

Based on five different ensembles of newly generated (2+1)-flavor configurations with pion mass of approximately m_π■(140-310) MeV, we present a lattice analysis of hidden-charm and hidden-strange hexaquarks with the quark content ■. The correlation matrices of two types of operators with J^PC=0⁺⁺, 0^-+, 1⁺⁺ and 1^-- are simulated to extract the masses of the hexaquark candidates, which are subsequently extrapolated to the physical pi...     

Neutron Star Matter Including Delta Isobars

In this paper a new phase structure of neutron star matter including nucleons and delta isobars is presented. Particle fractions populated and pion condensations in neutron star matter are investigated in this model. The existence of the pion condensations can postpone the appearance of delta isobars. We found that both the pion condensation and reduce of the ratio of delta isobar to nucleons couplings can soften the corresponding equation of state. The maximum masses and their corresponding radii of neutron stars are calculated, and the obtained values are in observational region.     

Photoproduction of Vector Meson Ф off Deuteron in QCD Inspired Model

Based on the quark-gluon contents of nucleon and strongly believing that the force mediators, Pomeron and its counterpart in the conventional approach of Regge theory, for high energy diffractive process would be the tensor glueball and Odderon respectively, we discuss photo-production of vector meson Ф off the deuteron at energy less than 3 GeV in the QCD inspired model in which the quark gluon degrees of freedom and glueball, Odderon exchange are taken into account. A calculation is performed for γ ＋ D →Ф ＋ D, and the theoretical predictions of the differential cross section dσ^γD/dt, are presented and compared with available experimental data. Our QCD inspired model reproduces data quite well in the whole range of the experimental measurements up to ｜t｜ ≌ 0.4 GeV. Our results can be used to extract γn → Фn data, which cannot be measured in experiment.     

Study of Two-Mode Squeezed Magnetopolarons

In this paper, we conduct an investigation into two-dimensional squeezed magnetopolarons. The Hamiltonian of magnetopolarons is dealt with two-mode squeezed states transformation, which is based on the Lee-Low-Pines and Huybrechts （LLP-H） canonical transformations. This method makes it possible to take account of the linear terms, bilinear ones of phonon operators, and the correlation between two longitudinal optical （LO） phonon modes. The energies of the ground state and excited states are evaluated by variational approach, and accurate results are obtained. Furthermore, the renormalized cyclotron masses for some possible transitions are discussed in detail.     

The experimental status of glueballs

Glueballs and other resonances with large gluonic components are predicted as bound states by Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). The lightest (scalar) glueball is estimated to have a mass in the range from 1 to 2 GeV/c²; pseudoscalar and tensor glueballs are expected at higher masses. Many different experiments exploiting a large variety of production mechanisms have presented results in recent years on light mesons with J^PC=0⁺⁺, 0⁻⁺, and 2⁺⁺ quantum numbers. This review looks at the experimental status of glueballs. Good evidence exists for a scalar glueball which is mixed with nearby mesons, but a full understanding is still missing. Evidence for tensor and pseudoscalar glueballs are weak at best. Theoretical expectations of phenomenological models and QCD on the lattice are briefly discussed.     

The DD* interaction with isospin zero in an extended hidden gauge symmetry approach

The DD^* interaction via a ρ or ω exchange is constructed within an extended hidden gauge symmetry approach, where the strange quark is replaced by the charm quark in the SU(3) flavor space. With this DD^* interaction, a bound state slightly lower than the DD^* threshold is generated dynamically in the isospin zero sector by solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation in the coupled-channel approximation, which might correspond to the X(3872) particle announced by many collaborations. This formulism is also used to study the BB^* interaction, and a BB^* bound state with isospin zero is generated dynamically, which has no counterpart listed in the review of the Particle Data Group. Furthermore, the one-pion exchange between the D meson and the D^* is analyzed precisely, and we do not think the one-pion exchange potential need be considered when the Bethe-Salpeter equation is solved.     

Ultralight glueballs in Quark-Gluon Plasma

We consider the dynamics of the scalar and pseudoscalar glueballs in the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). By using the instanton model for the QCD vacuum we give the arguments that the nonperturbative gluon-gluon interaction is qualitatively different in the confinement and deconfinement phases. Based on this observation it is shown that above T _c the values of the scalar and pseudoscalar glueball masses might be very small. The estimation of the temperature of scale invariance restoration, at which the scalar glueball becomes massless, is given. We also discuss the Bose—Einstein condensation of the glueballs and the superfluidity of the glueball matter in QGP.     

Spotting glueballs in collinear gluon jets

We suggest looking for pure gluon hadronic states (glueballs) in ?→ 3g → low spherically final state (collinear gluon jets). In these events one gluon has the maximum energy, $\text{M?}\text{2}$, favouring fragmentation into a glueball. The signature for a true C = G + glueball is its prominence at the ? resonance in e⁺e^? →? → (glueball → four charged pions) + … and its absence in q$\text{q}$ jets off (we do not expect significant quark fragmentation into glueballs).     

Quark chiral condensate from the overlap quark propagator

From the overlap lattice quark propagator calculated in the Landau gauge,we determine the quark chiral condensate by fitting operator product expansion formulas to the lattice data.The quark propagators are computed on domain wall fermion configurations generated by the RBC-UKQCD Collaborations with N_f = 2 + 1flavors.Three ensembles with different light sea quark masses are used at one lattice spacing 1/a = 1.75(4) Ge V.We obtain ψψ (2 GeV)MS =(-304(15)(20) MeV)~3in the SU(2) chiral limit.     

Study of X(5568) in a unitary coupled-channel approximation of BK and B_sπ

The potential of the B meson and the pseudoscalar meson is constructed up to the next-to-leading order Lagrangian, and then the BK and B_sπ interaction is studied in the unitary coupled-channel approximation. A resonant state with a mass about 5568 MeV and J~P= 0~+is generated dynamically, which can be associated with the X(5568) state announced by the D0 Collaboration recently. The mass and the decay width of this resonant state depend on the regularization scale in the dimensional regularization scheme, or the maximum momentum in the momentum cutoff regularization scheme. The scattering amplitude of the vector B meson and the pseudoscalar meson is calculated, and an axial-vector state with a mass near 5620 MeV and J~P= 1~+is produced. Their partners in the charm sector are also discussed.     

Glueballs and the superfluid phase of Two-Color QCD

We present the first results on scalar glueballs in cold, dense matter using lattice simulations of two-color QCD. The simulations are carried out on a 6³×12 lattice and use a standard hybrid molecular dynamics algorithm for staggered fermions for two values of quark mass. The glueball correlators are evaluated via a multi-step smearing procedure. The amplitude of the glueball correlator peaks in correspondence with the zero temperature chiral transition, μ _c=m _π /2, and the propagators change in a significant way in the superfluid phase, while the Polyakov loop is nearly insensitive to the transition. Standard analysis suggest that lowest mass in the 0⁺⁺ gluonic channel decreases in the superfluid phase, but these observations need to be confirmed on larger and more elongated lattices. These results indicate that a non-zero density induces non-trivial modifications of the gluonic medium.     

Measurement of the absolute branching fraction of D+→K0e+ve via K0→π0π0

By analyzing 2.93 fb^-1 data collected at the center-of-mass energy √s=3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector, we measure the absolute branching fraction of the semileptonic decay D⁺→K⁰e⁺v_e to be B(D⁺→K⁰e⁺v_e)=(8.59±0.14±0.21)% using K⁰→K_S⁰→π⁰π⁰, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. Our result is consistent with previous measurements within uncertainties..     

Hybrids: Mixed states of quarks and gluons

We calculate the spectrum of the four ground state hybrid $\text{(}\text{q}\text{qg}\text{)}$ nonets, J^PC = (0, 1, 2)^?+, 1^??, using the MIT bag model to first order in cavity perturbation theory. Quark and gluon self-energies are included by a fit to the s-wave mesons and baryons and to the glueball candidate i(1440). We find a large gluon self-energy which substantially increases our predictions of the glueball and hybrid masses. We discuss the phenomenology of hybrids, including a suggestion that the A₃ (1670) and a second peak at 1850 MeV in the fπ channel may be mixtures of the isovector $\text{q}\text{q}$ d-wave state with the $\text{q}\text{qg}$ s-wave.