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On heavy-light meson resonances and chiral symmetry

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Submitted 9 Jul 2003 · 28 references

Pith's verdict: The anti-triplet half is a real parameter-free post-diction of the D_s(2317)/D_s(2460) states; the sextet half is a conjecture built on threshold cusps and a 130 MeV miss on D(2420).

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CitationE.E. Kolomeitsev, M.F.M. Lutz. "On heavy-light meson resonances and chiral symmetry." arXiv:hep-ph/0307133 (2003). https://pith.science/paper/VDQ4YMYL
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Using only the non-linear chiral SU(3) Lagrangian, with no fitted parameters beyond the pion decay constant, the authors argue that heavy-light meson resonances with $J^P=0^+$ and $1^+$ must come in two SU(3) families — an anti-triplet and,

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The paper asks what the non-linear chiral SU(3) Lagrangian, taken at face value and unitarized, says about mesons made of one heavy quark (charm or bottom) and one light quark. Its answer is that the same coupled-channel mechanism that generates light scalar and axial-vector resonances also generates heavy-light resonances, and that these fall into two SU(3) families — an anti-triplet and a sextet — rather than the anti-triplet alone that models built on a linear realization of chiral symmetry predict. The claim matters because it is parameter-free: once the subtraction scale in the loop integral is fixed by demanding approximate crossing symmetry, there is nothing left to tune, so the predicted poles are genuine consequences of the starting Lagrangian. The authors check this by recovering the newly announced narrow open-charm states near 2.3 GeV and by predicting where the corresponding open-bottom states should sit, including a bound state just below the $K B$ threshold and narrow states with the unconventional quantum numbers $(I,S)=(0,-1)$ and $(1,1)$.

What carries the argument

The machinery is the unitarized coupled-channel amplitude $M^{(I,S)}_{J^P}(s) = [1 - V^{(I,S)}(s) J^{(I,S)}_{J^P}(s)]^{-1} V^{(I,S)}(s)$, where the kernel $V$ is the Weinberg–Tomozawa interaction read off the leading-order chiral Lagrangian for heavy-light fields $H$ and $H_μ$, and the diagonal loop matrix $J$ is a once-subtracted bubble integral. The subtraction is the load-bearing choice: the scale $μ^{(I,S)}_{J^P}$ is set to the heavy-meson mass of the relevant channel ($M_D = 1867$ MeV, $M_{D_s} = 1969$ MeV, $M_{D} = 2008$ MeV, $M_{D_s} = 2110$ MeV, and the analogous bottom values) precisely so that the amplitude is approximately crossing symmetric. With that single prescription the model has no free parameters, and the poles of $M$ in each $(I,S)$ sector are the predicted resonances. The group theory does the rest: $3̄ ⊗ 8 = 3̄ ⊕ 6 ⊕ 15$ means the interaction is attractive in the anti-triplet and sextet channels and repulsive in the anti-15-plet, which is why two families appear rather than one.

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Core claim

The central claim is that the leading-order non-linear chiral SU(3) Lagrangian for Goldstone bosons scattering off heavy-light pseudoscalar and vector mesons, when unitarized in coupled channels, produces $J^P=0^+$ and $J^P=1^+$ resonances that fill both the anti-triplet and the sextet representations of SU(3). This is a stronger multiplet structure than the linear-realization approach, which yields anti-triplet states only, and it is what allows the paper to forecast states with unusual quantum numbers. Concretely, in the open-charm sector the authors find a $(0,1)$ bound state at 2303 MeV coupling dominantly to $D K$, identified with the narrow state seen by BABAR, and a narrow $(1/2,0)$ state at 2413 MeV in the $0^+$ sector and 2552 MeV in the $1^+$ sector, the latter identified with $D(2420)$ even though it comes out about 130 MeV heavy. The $1^+$ spectrum sits roughly 140 MeV above the $0^+$ spectrum, matching the observed charm-sector splitting. In the open-bottom sector the same logic gives a $(0,1)$ bound state at 5643 MeV, a narrow $(1/2,0)$ state near 5760 MeV, and — the most exposed prediction — a bound state just below the $K B$ threshold at 5761 MeV in the $(0,-1)$ channel.

Load-bearing premise

The claim rests on fixing the single subtraction scale of the loop integral to the heavy-meson mass by demanding approximate crossing symmetry, and on the assumption that higher-order chiral corrections are small enough not to move the poles — an assumption the authors themselves strain when they attribute the 130 MeV overshoot of $D(2420)$ to exactly those neglected corrections.

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  • Narrow isospin-singlet states with negative strangeness, $(I,S)=(0,-1)$, should exist in both the charm and bottom sectors, appearing as sharp structures at the $\bar K D$ and $\bar K B$ thresholds.
  • A second, sextet family of heavy-light states should be found alongside the familiar anti-triplet, including members in the $(I,S)=(1,1)$ channel with widths around 50 MeV.
  • In the open-bottom sector the anti-triplet masses should differ substantially from linear-realization predictions, with the $(0,1)$ bound state lying roughly 70 MeV lower than those models place it.
  • Strongly bound $0^+$ and $1^+$ states with $(I,S)=(0,1)$ should appear in the bottom sector, at 5643 MeV and 5690 MeV respectively.
  • Because chiral corrections are expected to be identical in the $0^+$ and $1^+$ channels at leading order, any upward shift needed to fix the $D(2420)$ mass should also push the $0^+$ sextet states upward by a comparable amount.

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  • The paper's own reading of the 130 MeV overshoot on $D(2420)$ — that missing attraction must be supplied by higher-order chiral terms — turns a numerical failure into a directional prediction, and the natural test is whether the same shift, applied consistently, lands the $(0,-1)$ and $(1,1)$ states on top of observed structures rather than below them.
  • If the sextet really exists, the physical heavy-light states are mixtures of anti-triplet and sextet components, so the clean SU(3) labels used here should show up experimentally as systematic deviations from pure-multiplet mass relations and as correlated branching ratios across the $(1/2,0)$, $(1,1)$ and $(0,-1)$ channels.
  • The same coupled-channel bookkeeping could be run in the finite-temperature or finite-density setting, where the light meson masses are effectively raised; the paper's own 'heavy' SU(3) limit, in which the anti-triplet states become bound rather than resonant, suggests the spectrum is not stable against changes in the Goldstone masses.
  • Lattice calculations of the $\bar K B$ and $\bar K D$ s-wave scattering lengths would be a cheaper discriminator than hunting the states directly, since the sign and magnitude of the threshold attraction is what the whole prediction rests on.
Original abstract

We study heavy-light meson resonances with quantum numbers J^P=0^+ and J^P=1^+ in terms of the non-linear chiral SU(3) Lagrangian. At leading order a parameter-free prediction is obtained for the scattering of Goldstone bosons off heavy-light pseudo-scalar and vector mesons once we insist on approximate crossing symmetry of the unitarized scattering amplitude. The recently announced narrow open charm states observed by the BABAR and CLEO collaborations are reproduced. We suggest the existence of states that form an anti-triplet and a sextet representation of the SU(3) group. In particular, so far unobserved narrow isospin-singlet states with negative strangeness (I,S)=(0,-1) are predicted at 2361 MeV J^P=0^+ and 2501 MeV (J^P=1^+). Similarly, open bottom states are found at 5719 MeV (J^P=0^+) and 5622 MeV (J^P=1^+). Additional narrow states of mass 5580 MeV (J^P=0^+) and 5650 MeV (J^P=1^+) with widths of about 50 MeV are obtained in the (I,S)=(1,1) sector. For the anti-triplet states our results differ most significantly from predictions that are based on a linear realization of the chiral SU(3) symmetry in the open bottom sector. Strongly bound 0^+-and 1^+-states with (I,S)=(0,1) at 5507 MeV and 5553 MeV are predicted.

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We study heavy-light meson resonances with quantum numbers J^P=0^+ and J^P=1^+ in terms of the non-linear chiral SU(3) Lagrangian. At leading order a parameter-free prediction is obtained for the scattering of Goldstone bosons off heavy-light pseudo-scalar and vector mesons once we insist on approximate crossing symmetry of the unitarized scattering amplitude. The recently announced narrow open charm states observed by the BABAR and CLEO collaborations are reproduced. We suggest the existence of states that form an anti-triplet and a sextet representation of the SU(3) group. In particular, so far unobserved narrow isospin-singlet states with negative strangeness (I,S)=(0,-1) are predicted at 2361 MeV J^P=0^+ and 2501 MeV (J^P=1^+). Similarly, open bottom states are found at 5719 MeV (J^P=0^+) and 5622 MeV (J^P=1^+). Additional narrow states of mass 5580 MeV (J^P=0^+) and 5650 MeV (J^P=1^+) with widths of about 50 MeV are obtained in the (I,S)=(1,1) sector. For the anti-triplet states our results differ most significantly from predictions that are based on a linear realization of the chiral SU(3) symmetry in the open bottom sector. Strongly bound 0^+-and 1^+-states with (I,S)=(0,1) at 5507 MeV and 5553 MeV are predicted.

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s0 We study heavy-light meson resonances with quantum numbers J^P=0^+ and J^P=1^+ in terms of the non-linear chiral SU(3) Lagrangian. contribution 0.95 0.91 0.05 asserted 0.95
s1 At leading order a parameter-free prediction is obtained for the scattering of Goldstone bosons off heavy-light pseudo-scalar and vector mesons once we insist on approximate crossing symmetry of the unitarized scattering amplitude. result 0.41 0.91 0.14 asserted 1.00
s2 The recently announced narrow open charm states observed by the BABAR and CLEO collaborations are reproduced. result 0.99 0.56 0.18 asserted 1.00
s3 We suggest the existence of states that form an anti-triplet and a sextet representation of the SU(3) group. result 0.45 0.80 0.22 hedged possibility 0.46
s4 In particular, so far unobserved narrow isospin-singlet states with negative strangeness (I,S)=(0,-1) are predicted at 2361 MeV J^P=0^+ and 2501 MeV (J^P=1^+). result 1.00 0.90 0.24 asserted 0.82
s5 Similarly, open bottom states are found at 5719 MeV (J^P=0^+) and 5622 MeV (J^P=1^+). result 1.00 0.93 0.09 asserted 1.00
s6 Additional narrow states of mass 5580 MeV (J^P=0^+) and 5650 MeV (J^P=1^+) with widths of about 50 MeV are obtained in the (I,S)=(1,1) sector. result 1.00 0.93 0.07 asserted 1.00
s7 For the anti-triplet states our results differ most significantly from predictions that are based on a linear realization of the chiral SU(3) symmetry in the open bottom sector. interpretation 0.60 0.69 0.12 asserted 0.99
s8 Strongly bound 0^+-and 1^+-states with (I,S)=(0,1) at 5507 MeV and 5553 MeV are predicted. result 1.00 0.92 0.13 asserted 0.98

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Figure 1. Open charm resonances with J P = 0+, 1 + and (I, S) = (0, 1),(1, 1) as seen in the scattering of Goldstone bosons of D(1867), Ds(1969) and D(2008), Ds(2110) mesons. Shown speed plots together with real and imaginary parts of reduced scat￾tering amplitude, fab, with tab = fab (p (a) cm p (b) cm) 1/2 (see (8)). 2204 MeV with poles in the (0, +1),(1/2, 0) amplitudes. The sextet channel does not show a bound state signal in this case. However if the attraction is increased slightly by using f = 80 MeV rather than the canonical value 90 MeV poles at mass 2298 MeV arise in the (1, +1)
Figure 2. Open charm resonances with J P = 0+, 1 + and (I, S) = ( 1 2 , 0),(0, −1) as seen in the scattering of Goldstone bosons of D(1867), Ds(1969) and D(2008), Ds(2110) mesons. Shown speed plots together with real and imaginary parts of reduced scat￾tering amplitude, fab, with tab = fab (p (a) cm p (b) cm) 1/2 (see (8)). ¯3 ⊗ 8 = ¯3 ⊕ 6 ⊕ 15 (9) predicts attraction in the anti-triplet and sextet channel but repulsion for the anti-15-plet. In contrast performing the ’light’ SU(3) limit [21,1] with mπ,K,η ∼ 140 MeV together with MD = 1800 MeV we do not find any signal 7
Figure 3. Open bottom resonances with J P = 0+, 1 + and (I, S) = (0, 1),(1, 1) as seen in the scattering of Goldstone bosons of B(5279), Bs(5370) and B(5325), Bs(5417) mesons. Shown speed plots together with real and imaginary parts of reduced scat￾tering amplitude, fab, with tab = fab (p (a) cm p (b) cm) 1/2 (see (8)). SU(3) symmetry. Besides the additional sextet states predicted by the more general non-linear realization of the chiral SU(3) group, most notable are the differences in the open bottom sector. Using 5279 MeV and 5370 MeV for the 0− ground states [28] we obtain the followin
Figure 4. Open bottom resonances with J P = 0+, 1 + and (I, S) = ( 1 2 , 0),(0, −1) as seen in the scattering of Goldstone bosons of B(5279), Bs(5370) and B(5325), Bs(5417) mesons. Shown speed plots together with real and imaginary parts of reduced scat￾tering amplitude, fab, with tab = fab (p (a) cm p (b) cm) 1/2 (see (8)). predicted in [12,13]. In the (1, 1)-channel we predict a broad resonance with mass of about 5750 MeV. In the ( 1 2 , 0)-channel a broad state of mass 5526 MeV and a narrow resonance of mass 5760 MeV and width of about 30 MeV is predicted. Most spectacular is a bou

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  • For instance, in Refs. [ref] , it was shown through the coupled-channel formalism that the $D_s0^*(2317)$ can indeed be dynamically generated.

    $D_{s0}^*(2317)$ and $B_{s0}^*$ as molecular states · Introduction · 1.00

  • Based on this, it is concluded that $$ state probably has a significant contribution from the molecular component $(D^*K)$, which is consistent with earlier assumption made in the papers [ref] to explain the considerable difference of measured $$ mass from the predicted value obtained within the potential models.

    Why do we not see the radiative decays of Ds1(2536)? · Conclusion · 1.00

  • we can explicitly see that in the proper expression below threshold, there is only one physical pole for the $DK$ system (no pole for the $DD$ system), [equation] This pole is interpreted as the $DK$ bound state, $D_s0^*(2317)$ which has been supported by both lattice QCD [ref] and phenomenological studies [ref] .

    $DDK$ system in finite volume · 2-body part · 0.99

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