Heavy Pentaquarks in the Diquark Model and the Large N_c Expansion

Abstract

Recent experimental evidence for the Theta^+(1540) has given rise to much theoretical interest in exotic baryons. The Theta^+ is a baryon that has strangeness S=+1, meaning that it contains an anti-strange quark. Thus it cannot be constructed from three quarks, unlike all other known baryons; it needs at least an extra quark-antiquark pair. It is usually modeled as a pentaquark state in the 10 bar representation of flavor SU(3), with flavor content \bar{s}uudd. This thesis considers possible heavy pentaquarks, in which the antiquark is charmed or bottom rather than strange. In the context of the diquark model of Jaffe and Wilczek, it is argued that negative-parity pentaquarks of this type may be lighter than their positive-parity counterparts, and hence are likely to be stable against strong decay. Estimates are made for their masses, and their weak decays are discussed. Isospin relations are found between the decay rates for different possible decay channels. Negative-parity heavy pentaquarks are also considered in a less model-dependent way, in the context of a 1/N_c expansion, where N_c is the number of colors. Heavy quark effective theory is also employed. Mass relations are found between the mass splittings of heavy pentaquarks and those of nonexotic baryons, and SU(3)-breaking corrections to these relations are computed. The results could be helpful in interpreting experimental data if heavy pentaquarks are observed.

arXiv commentPhD thesis; 84 pages, 22 figures

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