Investigating hybrid mesons with $$0^{+-}$$ and $$2^{+-}$$ exotic quantum numbers
Abstract Hybrid mesons occupy a unique position in the hadronic spectrum, offering a valuable insight into the non-perturbative nature of the glue field. Hybrid states with exotic $$J^{PC}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>PC</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> quantum numbers, such as the $$1^{-+}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> , $$0^{+-}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> and $$2^{+-}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> , cannot mix with conventional $$q\bar{q}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mover> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>¯</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mover> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> mesons, making them critical for establishing the full spectrum of hybrid mesons. In this work, we investigate the masses and the strong decays of $$0^{+-}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> and $$2^{+-}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> hybrid mesons, which could be regarded as the first orbitally excited states of the $$\pi _1(1600)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1600</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$\eta _1(1855)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>η</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1855</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> mesons. We develop a constituent gluon model and apply it to study the mass spectra and decay modes of these exotic states. Our results suggest that experiment may searched for these $$0^{+-}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> and $$2^{+-}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> hybrid mesons in the mass region between 2.0 and 2.4 GeV. Additionally, we identify some key decay channels which should be targeted in future experiments.
Authors
- Xiang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7481-4662)
- Bing Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7561-833X)
Institutions
- Anhui University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Anhui Science and Technology University (CN)
- Institute of Modern Physics (CN)
- Lanzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The European Physical Journal C
- Published
- 2025-07-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14509-y
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.87
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province
- Anhui University of Science and Technology
- Overseas Expertise Introduction Center for Discipline Innovation of Food Nutrition and Human Health (111 Center)