Nuclear Theory·nucl-th

Thursday·August 17, 2017

9 papers—3 primary·6 cross-listed

04
[Submitted on 14 Aug 2017] (cross-list from hep-ph)
Prediction of exotic doubly charmed baryons within chiral effective field theory
Zhi-Hui Guo🇨🇳
In this work we study the possible QCD exotic states in the doubly charmed baryon sector. Within chiral effective theory, it is predicted that several excited baryons result from the $S$ -wave scattering of ground-state doubly charmed baryons ( $Ξ_{cc}^{++}, Ξ_{cc}^{+}, Ω_{cc}^{+}$ ) and light pseudoscalar mesons ( $π, K, η$ ). The excited doubly charmed baryons can be classified by the strangeness ( $S$ ) and isospin ( $I$ ) quantum numbers. Two of the excited states are clearly exotic, in the sense that they cannot be explained by the conventional baryons with three quarks, since their quantum numbers are $(S, I) = (1, 0)$ and $(- 1, 1)$ . Similar to the charmed scalar meson $D_{s 0}^{*} (2317)$ in $D K$ scattering and the hyperon $Λ (1405)$ in $K ˉ N$ scattering, one bound state below the $Ξ_{cc} K ˉ$ threshold is predicted in the $(S, I) = (- 1, 0)$ channel. In addition, two resonant structures are found in the $Ξ_{cc} π, Ξ_{cc} η$ and $Ω_{cc} K$ coupled-channel scattering with $(S, I) = (0, 1/2)$ . The corresponding pole positions and coupling strengths of the excited doubly charmed baryons are given. The scattering lengths of the ground-state doubly charmed baryons and light pseudoscalar mesons are also predicted. The current study may provide useful guides for future experimental measurements and lattice simulations.
Comments:
11 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables. To match the published version
Subjects:
High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics — Experiment (hep-ex); High Energy Physics — Lattice (hep-lat); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
arXiv:
1708.04145 [pdf]
PRD(2017)·59 citations
05
[Submitted on 15 Aug 2017] (cross-list from hep-ph)
A combined analysis of PandaX, LUX, and XENON1T experiments within the framework of dark matter effective theory
Zuowei Liu🇨🇳 · Yushan Su🇨🇳 · Yue-Lin Sming Tsai🇨🇳 · Bingrong Yu🇨🇳 · Qiang Yuan🇨🇳
Weakly interacting massive particles are a widely well-probed dark matter candidate by the dark matter direct detection experiments. Theoretically, there are a large number of ultraviolet completed models that consist of a weakly interacting massive particle dark matter. The variety of models makes the comparison with the direct detection data complicated and often non-trivial. To overcome this, in the non-relativistic limit, the effective theory was developed in the literature which works very well to significantly reduce the complexity of dark matter-nucleon interactions and to better study the nuclear response functions. In the effective theory framework for a spin-1/2 dark matter, we combine three independent likelihood functions from the latest PandaX, LUX, and XENON1T data, and give a joint limit on each effective coupling. The astrophysical uncertainties of the dark matter distribution are also included in the likelihood. We further discuss the isospin violating cases of the interactions. Finally, for both dimension-five and dimension-six effective theories above the electroweak scale, we give updated limits of the new physics mass scales.
Comments:
33 pages, 11 figures, PandaX run10 data included and version accepted in JHEP, "code is available at the LikeDM website, https://likedm.hepforge.org/"
Subjects:
High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); High Energy Physics — Experiment (hep-ex); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
arXiv:
1708.04630 [pdf]
JHEP(2017)·24 citations
06
[Submitted on 15 Aug 2017] (cross-list from hep-ph)
Threshold and jet radius joint resummation for single-inclusive jet production
Xiaohui Liu🇨🇳 · Sven-Olaf Moch🇩🇪 · Felix Ringer🇺🇸
We present the first threshold and jet radius jointly resummed cross section for single-inclusive hadronic jet production. We work at next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy and our framework allows for a systematic extension beyond the currently achieved precision. Longstanding numerical issues are overcome by performing the resummation directly in momentum space within Soft Collinear Effective Theory. We present the first numerical results for the LHC and observe an improved description of the available data. Our results are of immediate relevance for LHC precision phenomenology including the extraction of parton distribution functions and the QCD strong coupling constant.
Comments:
5 pages, 3 figures, minor text changes, PDF uncertainties included and more references added. Replaced to match the published version
Subjects:
High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics — Experiment (hep-ex); Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
arXiv:
1708.04641 [pdf]
PRL(2017)·64 citations
07
[Submitted on 16 Aug 2017] (cross-list from hep-ph)
Hidden Charm Pentaquark $P_{c} (4380)$ and Doubly Charmed Baryon $Ξ_{cc}^{*} (4380)$ as Hadronic Molecule States
Yuki Shimizu🇯🇵 · Masayasu Harada🇯🇵
We study hadronic molecular states in a coupled system of $J / ψ N - Λ_{c} D ˉ^{(*)} - Σ_{c}^{(*)} D ˉ^{(*)}$ in $I (J^{P}) = \frac{1}{2} (\frac{3}{2}^{-})$ channel, using the complex scaling method combined with the Gaussian expansion method. We construct the potential including one pion exchange and one $D^{(*)}$ meson exchange with $S$ -wave orbital angular momentum. We find that the both mass and width of the pentaquark $P_{c} (4380)$ can be reproduced within a reasonable parameter region, and that its main decay mode is $Λ_{c} D ˉ^{*}$ . We extend our analysis to a coupled system of $Λ_{c} D^{(*)} - Σ_{c}^{(*)} D^{(*)}$ in $I (J^{P}) = \frac{1}{2} (\frac{3}{2}^{-})$ channel. We find that there exists a doubly charmed baryon of $cc q q q ˉ$ type as a hadronic molecule, the mass and width of which are quite close to those of $P_{c} (4380)$ .
Comments:
6 pages
Subjects:
High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
arXiv:
1708.04743 [pdf]
PRD(2017)·45 citations
08
[Submitted on 16 Aug 2017] (cross-list from physics.plasm-ph)
Tailoring laser-generated plasmas for efficient nuclear excitation by electron capture
Yuanbin Wu · Jonas Gunst · Christoph H. Keitel · Adriana Pálffy
The optimal parameters for nuclear excitation by electron capture in plasma environments generated by the interaction of ultra-strong optical lasers with solid matter are investigated theoretically. As a case study we consider a 4.85 keV nuclear transition starting from the long-lived $^{93 m}$ Mo isomer that can lead to the release of the stored 2.4 MeV excitation energy. We find that due to the complex plasma dynamics, the nuclear excitation rate and the actual number of excited nuclei do not reach their maximum at the same laser parameters. The nuclear excitation achievable with a high-power optical laser is up to twelve and up to six orders of magnitude larger than the values predicted for direct resonant and secondary plasma-mediated excitation at the x-ray free electron laser, respectively. Our results show that the experimental observation of the nuclear excitation of $^{93 m}$ Mo and the subsequent release of stored energy should be possible at laser facilities available today.
Comments:
6 pages, 3 figures, 1 table; minor modifications made; accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters
Subjects:
Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
arXiv:
1708.04826 [pdf]
PRL(2018)·29 citations
09
[Submitted on 16 Aug 2017] (cross-list from hep-ph)
Features of the QCD phase diagram from small, noisy, fluctuating systems
Eduardo S. Fraga🇧🇷 · Maurício Hippert🇧🇷
Current heavy-ion collision experiments might lead to the discovery of a first-order chiral symmetry breaking phase-transition line, ending in a second-order critical point. Nevertheless, the extraction of information about the equilibrium thermodynamic properties of baryonic matter from the highly dynamic, small, noisy and fluctuating environment formed in such collisions is an extremely challenging task. We address some of the limitations present in the experimental search for the QCD critical point.
Comments:
6 pages, 2 figures. Prepared for the proceedings of Excited QCD 2017, 7-13 May 2017, Sintra, Portugal
Subjects:
High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
arXiv:
1708.04933 [pdf]
Acta Phys.Polon.Supp.(2017)·0 citations

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Prediction of exotic doubly charmed baryons within chiral effective field theory

A combined analysis of PandaX, LUX, and XENON1T experiments within the framework of dark matter effective theory

Threshold and jet radius joint resummation for single-inclusive jet production

Hidden Charm Pentaquark Pc​(4380) and Doubly Charmed Baryon Ξcc∗​(4380) as Hadronic Molecule States

Tailoring laser-generated plasmas for efficient nuclear excitation by electron capture

Features of the QCD phase diagram from small, noisy, fluctuating systems

Affiliations

Hidden Charm Pentaquark $P_{c} (4380)$ and Doubly Charmed Baryon $Ξ_{cc}^{*} (4380)$ as Hadronic Molecule States