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Exotic and states in Born-Oppenheimer approximation

arXiv:2512.01028

Abstract

We employ Born-Oppenheimer approximation to the and states observed by the LHCb Collaboration and study mass spectrum and root-mean-square radius values. For this purpose, we use dynamical diquark model. We assume that strange quark is a heavy for the usage of Born-Oppenheimer approximation. Our results strongly indicate that the states are best described as composed of axial-vector (spin-1) diquark pairs. Furthermore, the calculated root-mean-square radius, fm, which is significantly less than 1 fm, provides compelling evidence that these are compact tetraquarks rather than loosely bound hadronic molecules.

13 pages, 7 tables, 4 figures. Excited states included and new references added