Probing the nature of the ${\chi }_{c1}(3872)$ state using radiative decays

Abstract

The radiative decays ${\chi }_{c1}(3872)\to \psi (2S)\gamma$ and ${\chi }_{c1}(3872)\to J/\psi \gamma$ are used to probe the~nature of the~${\chi }_{c1}(3872)$ state using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector, corresponding to an~integrated luminosity of~9fb${}^{-1}$. Using the~$B^{+}\to {\chi }_{c1}(3872)K^{+}$decay, the ${\chi }_{c1}(3872)\to \psi (2S)\gamma$ process is observed for the first time and the ratio of its partial width to that of the ${\chi }_{c1}(3872)\to J/\psi \gamma$ decay is measured to be $$\frac{{\Gamma }_{{\chi }_{c1}(3872)\to \psi (2S)\gamma }}{{\Gamma }_{{\chi }_{c1}(3872)\to J/\psi \gamma }}=1.67\pm 0.21\pm 0.12\pm 0.04,$$ where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third is due to the uncertainties on the branching fractions of the $\psi (2S)$ and $J/\psi$ mesons. The measured ratio makes the interpretation of the ${\chi }_{c1}(3872)$ state as a~pure $D^0{\bar{D}}^{\ast 0}+{\bar{D}}^0{D}^{\ast 0}$ molecule questionable and strongly indicates a sizeable compact charmonium or tetraquark component within the ${\chi }_{c1}(3872)$ state.

31 pages, 2 figures. All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and additional information, are available at https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2024-015.html (LHCb public pages)

References in corpus (11)

• Hadro-Charmonium
• Can the X(3872) be a 1^{++} four-quark state?
• Is the X(3872) Production Cross Section at Tevatron Compatible with a Hadron Molecule Interpretation?
• Reconciling the X(3872) with the near-threshold enhancement in the D^0\bar{D}^{*0} final state
• Charmonium spectrum and their electromagnetic transitions with higher multipole contributions
• What can radiative decays of the X(3872) teach us about its nature?
• From the lineshape of the $X(3872)$ to its structure
• Kernel density estimation of a multidimensional efficiency profile
• The $c\bar{c}$ interaction above threshold and the radiative decay $X(3872)\to J/\psi \gamma$
• The role of the pion in the lineshape of the $X(3872)$
• Identifying an $\mathrm{X}(3872)$ tetraquark state versus a molecular state by formation time, velocity and temperature in relativistic nuclear collisions

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