Glueballonia as Hopfions
We work out the Hopfion description of glueballs by inclusively comparing the energy spectra obtained by quantizing Hopfions with experimental data and lattice QCD. Identifying a Hopfion carrying a unit topological charge as f 0 ( 1500 ) , the Hopfions with the topological charge two are classified as glueballonia, i.e., two glueballs are bound together. We find a tightly and a loosely bound glueballonia complying with f 0 ( 2470 ) and a novel scalar particle carrying the mass around 2814 MeV, respectively, and calculate their binding energies. By the rigid body quantization of Hopfions, we predict a characteristic multiplet structure of tensor glueball states. Some of them are missing in the current experimental data and can be verified in future measurements.
Authors
- Chihiro Sasaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4612-3375)
- S. Yano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5563-1884)
- Muneto Nitta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3851-9305)
- Shigehiro Yasui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8015-4936)
- Yuki Amari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3900-8507)
- Kenta Shigaki
Institutions
- Hiroshima University (JP)
- Nishogakusha University (JP)
- Keio University (JP)
- University of Wrocław (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physics Letters B
- Published
- 2025-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139805
- Primary Topic
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Narodowe Centrum Nauki
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science