THE CONVERSION OF GLUONS INTO QUARKS AND THE MULTIQUARK STATES

The rate for the conversion of the gluon into a color octet quark pair which subsequently forms a multiquark state with another quark pair or a gluon is discussed. The static potential in a (QQ)₈(qq)_8,1] state where Q=c,b and q=u, d is studied in the MIT bag model. It is shown that the repulsive Coulomb force between Q and Q is dominant at small QQ separations, which would significantly suppress the QQ wave function at the origin. For the charm quark (Q=c) the ratio of |Ψ(O)|² for the ordinary (QQ)₁ to that for the(QQ)₈ in the (QQ)₈(qq)_8,1] state is estinated to be 2-5. Therefore the assumption |Ψ₈(O)|²=|Ψ₁(O)|² would lead to an overestimation for the rate of g*→QQ and it is necessary to take the suppression effect of the repulsive Coulomb force into consideration.