Exploring Charm Bound States: Mass Spectra and Decay Dynamics of D Mesons and $Cq\bar{q}\bar{q}$ Tetraquarks

Abstract

Motivated by the discovery of several charm states exhibiting tetraquark-like characteristics at BESIII and LHCb, this study investigates the spectroscopy and decay properties of D mesons and tetraquark states with quark content $Cq\bar{q}\bar{q}$ within the diquark - antidiquark framework. The analysis is performed using a potential model based on the Cornell potential, considering color antitriplet - triplet configurations. Mass spectra are computed for both mesons and tetraquarks, while their decay behaviors are examined using the factorization approach for D mesons and Fierz rearrangement for tetraquark decays. Theoretical results are compared with experimentally observed resonances to improve our understanding of charm quark bound systems.

30 pages; 10 figures