Tetraquarks in the 1/N Expansion: a New Appraisal

Abstract

We discuss the necessary, albeit not sufficient, conditions for tetraquark poles to occur in the 1/N expansion of QCD and find the minimum order at which such poles may appear. Assuming tetraquark poles, we find a new non-planar solution with the minimal number of topologies and tetraquark species. The solution implies narrow states. Mixing with quarkonium states is allowed so that P-wave tetraquarks with J^PC=1^-- would couple to e^+e^-.

6 pages, references added, text and figures improved, to appear in PRD

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