Ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions constitute an ideal setup to look for exotic hadrons because of their low event multiplicity and the possibility of an efficient background rejection. We propose to look for four-quark states produced by photon-photon fusion in these collisions at the center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair √ s NN = 5.5 TeV. In particular, we focus on those states that would represent a definite smoking gun for the compact tetraquark model. We show that the X (6900), a likely cc¯c¯c compact state, is a perfect candidate for this search, and estimate a production cross section ranging from around 250 nb to 1150 nb, depending on its quantum numbers. Furthermore, we discuss the importance of ultraperipheral collisions to the search for the scalar and tensor partners of the X (3872) predicted by the diquarkonium model, and not yet observed. The completion of such a flavor-spin multiplet would speak strongly in favor of the compact tetraquark model.

Hunting for tetraquarks in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions / Esposito, Angelo; Manzari, Claudio Andrea; Pilloni, Alessandro; Polosa, Antonio Davide. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - 104:11(2021). [10.1103/PhysRevD.104.114029]

Hunting for tetraquarks in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions

Esposito, Angelo;Pilloni, Alessandro;Polosa, Antonio Davide
2021

Abstract

Ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions constitute an ideal setup to look for exotic hadrons because of their low event multiplicity and the possibility of an efficient background rejection. We propose to look for four-quark states produced by photon-photon fusion in these collisions at the center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair √ s NN = 5.5 TeV. In particular, we focus on those states that would represent a definite smoking gun for the compact tetraquark model. We show that the X (6900), a likely cc¯c¯c compact state, is a perfect candidate for this search, and estimate a production cross section ranging from around 250 nb to 1150 nb, depending on its quantum numbers. Furthermore, we discuss the importance of ultraperipheral collisions to the search for the scalar and tensor partners of the X (3872) predicted by the diquarkonium model, and not yet observed. The completion of such a flavor-spin multiplet would speak strongly in favor of the compact tetraquark model.
2021
Particle Physics, Exotic Hadron Spectroscopy
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Hunting for tetraquarks in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions / Esposito, Angelo; Manzari, Claudio Andrea; Pilloni, Alessandro; Polosa, Antonio Davide. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - 104:11(2021). [10.1103/PhysRevD.104.114029]
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