Measurement of the fraction of hadronic Z decays into charm quark pairs

The full statistics of hadronic Z decays collected with the ALEPH detector are analysed to measure, by three methods, the ratio, , of the partial decay width of the Z into quarks to the total hadronic width. One method uses the inclusive and spectra of electrons. The other two use a double-tagging technique to measure independently of the charm-tagging efficiency. In one, the tagging procedure uses the reconstruction of high momentum charmed mesons (, and to detect the charm quarks. In the other, a charm quark is tagged from the 's reconstructed in the decay channel and the other from the slow pion from the decay. The combination of these measurements leads to . Received: 6 March 1998 / Published online: 2 July 1998     

Production of P-wave charm and charm-strange mesons in hadronic Z0 decays

Results are presented on the production of excited charm and excited charm-strange mesons in hadronic Z⁰ decays. The results are obtained from approximately 4.3 million hadronic Z⁰ decays, collected on or near the Z⁰ resonance using the OPAL detector at LEP. The D⁰ ₁(2420) and D^*0 ₂ (2460) mesons are reconstructed in the D^*+π^-. final state and their separate production rates in charm fragmentation and in weak decays of b-hadrons are determined. Assuming that the decay widths of these mesons are saturated by the allowed D*π and Dπ final states, the charm hadronization fractions and the inclusive branching ratios of b-hadrons to these neutral P-wave charm mesons are determined to be     

Reanalysis of the Z_c(4020), Z_c(4025), Z(4050) and Z(4250) as Tetraquark States with QCD Sum Rules

In this article, we calculate the contributions of the vacuum condensates up to dimension-10 in the operator product expansion, and study the C γμ- Cγνtype scalar, axial-vector and tensor tetraquark states in details with the QCD sum rules. In calculations, we use the formula μ = (M 2X/ Y /Z-(2Mc)2)~(1/2) to determine the energy scales of the QCD spectral densities. The predictions MJ =2=(4.02+0.09-0.09) GeV, MJ =1=(4.02+0.07-0.08) GeV favor assigning the Zc(4020) and Zc(4025) as the JP C= 1+-or 2++diquark-antidiquark type tetraquark states, while the prediction M++J =0=(3.85+0.15-0.09) GeV disfavors assigning the Z(4050) and Z(4250) as the JP C= 0diquark-antidiquark type tetraquark states. Furthermore, we discuss the strong decays of the 0++, 1+-, 2++diquark-antidiquark type tetraquark states in details.     

Tetraquark state candidates: Y(4260), Y(4360), Y(4660), and $$Z_c(4020/4025)$$ Z c ( 4020 / 4025 )

The European Physical Journal C - In this article, we construct the axialvector-diquark–axialvector-antidiquark type tensor current to interpolate both the vector- and the...     

Baryon resonances as hadronic molecule states with kaons

We investigate hadronic molecule states of $K \bar K N$ and $\bar K \bar K N$ systems with I?=?1/2 and J ^P ?=?1/2^?+?, assuming that Λ(1405) and the scalar mesons, f ₀(980), a ₀(980), are reproduced as quasi-bound states of $\bar KN$ and $K \bar K$ . Performing non-relativistic three-body calculations for these systems, we find weakly bound states for $K \bar K N$ and $\bar K \bar K N$ around 1900 MeV, which correspond to new baryon resonances of N ^* and Ξ ^* with J ^P ?=?1/2^?+?. We find that these resonances have cluster structure of the two-body bound state keeping its properties as in the isolated two-particle system.     

Excited heavy tetraquarks with hidden charm

The masses of the excited heavy tetraquarks with hidden charm are calculated within the relativistic diquark–antidiquark picture. The dynamics of the light quark in a heavy–light diquark is treated completely relativistically. The diquark structure is taken into account by calculating the diquark–gluon form factor. New experimental data on charmonium-like states above open charm threshold are discussed. The obtained results indicate that X(3872), Y(4260), Y(4360), Z(4248), Z(4433) and Y(4660) could be tetraquark states with hidden charm.     

Remarks on the charged multiplicity of hadronic Z0(91) decays

The charged multiplicity distribution of hadronic decays of Z ⁰ from LEP and those of inclusive $e^{+}+e^{-}?ghtarrow h{?erline h} at E_{? cm}=14 {? to} 60 {? GeV}$ at E _cm = 14 to 61 GeV are analyzed using a Poisson-type distribution for photon statistics, due to Scully-Lamb. Its two parameters are expressed in terms of 〈n〉 and f ₂ = 〈n(n ? 1)〉 ? 〈n〉² of the data in order to perform no-free-parameter fits. It is found that f₂ behaves like $E_{? cm}^{a}$ with a = 2.01 ± 0.11, whereas C ₂ = 〈n ²〉/〈n〉² ～ E _cm with ΔC ₂/ΔE _cm = (1.81 ± 0.14)·10^?3.     

Masses of heavy tetraquarks with hidden charm and bottom

The properties of light and heavy mesons, baryons and tetraquarks are discussed within a QCD-motivated relativistic quark model. The results for the mass spectra, electroweak properties and Regge trajectories of hadrons are presented.     

Radiative open charm decay of the Y(3940) , Z(3930) , X(4160) resonances

We determine the radiative decay amplitudes for the decay into D^* and $ \bar{{D}}$ $ \gamma$ , or D ^* _s and $ \bar{{D}}_{s}^{}$ $ \gamma$ of some of the charmonium-like states classified as X , Y , Z resonances, plus some other hidden charm states which are dynamically generated from the interaction of vector mesons with charm. The mass distributions as a function of the $ \bar{{D}}$ $ \gamma$ or $ \bar{{D}}_{s}^{}$ $ \gamma$ invariant mass show a peculiar behavior as a consequence of the D ^* $ \bar{{D}}^{*}_{}$ nature of these states. The experimental search of these magnitudes can shed light on the nature of these states.     

Meson resonances in the open and hidden charm sectors

We briefly present our model for generating open and hidden charm resonances and present the most interesting results.     

Measurements of the Z partial decay width into c\bar c and multiplicity of charm quarks per b decay

The partial decay width of the Z into quark pair and the number of charm quarks per b decay are measured with the DELPHI detector at LEP 1. Particle identification provides clear , , and signatures. The charm hadron production rate is measured in each channel by a fit to the scaled energy, impact parameter information and the invariant mass spectrum. Two measurements of are presented, from the production rate and from the overall charm counting, including strange charm baryon production, in events. The multiplicity , which includes hidden and strange charm baryon production, is inferred from the charm counting in events. The final results are and . Received: 1 June 1999 / Published online: 8 December 1999     

Axial resonances in the open and hidden charm sectors

A SU(4) flavor symmetrical Lagrangian is constructed for the interaction of the pseudo-scalar mesons with the vector mesons. SU(4) symmetry is broken to SU(3) by suppression of terms in the Lagrangian where the interaction should be driven by charmed mesons. Chiral symmetry can be restored by setting this new SU(4) symmetry-breaking parameters to zero. Unitarization in coupled channels leads to the dynamical generation of resonances. Many known axial resonances can be identified including the new controversial X(3872) and the structure found recently by Belle around 3875MeV in the hidden charm sector. Also new resonances are predicted, some of them with exotic quantum numbers.     

Nonfactorizable contributions to hadronic decays of charm mesons in the Cabibbo-suppressed modes

We investigate nonfactorizable contributions to charm meson decays into D → ππ/K K?/K K?*/K? K*/D → K*K?* modes. Obtaining the contributions from spectatorquark diagrams for N _c = 3, we determine the nonfactorizable isospin amplitudes required to explain the data for these modes. For these decays, we observe that ππ, πρ, decay modes favor a nonfactorizable-isospin-amplitudes ratio A ₀ ^nf /A ₂ ^nf equal to (1.123±0.158) and for K K?, K K?*, K? K* and K*K?* modes, the ratio of nonfactorizable amplitudes A ₀ ^nf and A ₁ ^nf turns out to be unity.     

Charm and hidden charm scalar mesons in the nuclear medium

We study the renormalization of the properties of low-lying charm and hidden charm scalar mesons in a nuclear medium, concretely of the D _s0(2317) and the theoretical hidden charm state X(3700) . We find that for the D _s0(2317) , with negligible width at zero density, the width becomes about 100MeV at normal nuclear-matter density, while in the case of the X(3700) the width becomes as large as 200MeV. We discuss the origin of this new width and trace it to reactions occurring in the nucleus, while offering a guideline for future experiments testing these changes. We also show how those medium modifications will bring valuable information on the nature of the scalar resonances and the mechanisms of the interaction of D mesons with nucleons and nuclei.