Exotic $Qq\bar{q}\bar{q}$ states in the chiral quark model

Abstract

In the framework of the chiral quark model, we investigate the $Qq\bar{q}\bar{q}$ ($Q= c, b$ and $q= u, d$) tetraquark system with two structures: $Q\bar{q}$-$q\bar{q}$ and $Qq$-$\bar{q}\bar{q}$. The bound-state calculation shows that for the single channel, there is no evidence for any bound state below the minimum threshold in both $cq\bar{q}\bar{q}$ and $bq\bar{q}\bar{q}$ systems. However, after coupling all channels of two structures, we obtain a bound state below the minimum threshold in the $cq\bar{q}\bar{q}$ system with the energy of $1998$ MeV, and the quantum number is $IJ^{P}=\frac{1}{2}0^{+}$. Meanwhile, in the $bq\bar{q}\bar{q}$ system, two bound states with energies of $5414$ MeV and $5456$ MeV are obtained, and the quantum numbers are $IJ^{P}=\frac{1}{2}0^{+}$ and $IJ^{P}=\frac{1}{2}1^{+}$, respectively. Besides, we also employe the real-scaling method to search for resonance states in the $cq\bar{q}\bar{q}$ and $bq\bar{q}\bar{q}$ systems. Unfortunately, no genuine resonance states were obtained in both systems. We suggest future experiments to search for these three possible bound states.