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Christas Mony A.

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$\boldsymbol{B_c}$ Meson Spectroscopy from Bayesian MCMC: Probing Confinement and State Mixing

We present a Bayesian study of the $B_c$ meson spectrum using three non-relativistic confining potentials, namely the Cornell potential, a logarithmically modified extension, and a screened Cornell form. Parameters for each potential are sampled using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), retaining correlations among the fitted parameters. The resulting parameter distributions are used to calculate the $B_c$ spectrum through the $6D$ multiplet, including masses, spin-dependent splittings, mixing angles, and wave-function observables. The predicted masses are further examined through Regge trajectories. The low-lying spectrum is relatively stable across the three potentials, while their predictions become increasingly separated with excitation as the states probe larger distances, accompanied by growing parameter-induced uncertainties. The Regge trajectories show stronger non-linearity for low-lying states and progressively approach linear behavior with excitation. These results quantify the sensitivity of the predicted excited $B_c$ spectrum to the chosen confining interaction and provide uncertainty estimates for states that remain experimentally less explored.

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Systematic study of light and charm meson M1 radiative transitions

Motivated by recent experimental advancements in the study of radiative decays of charmed mesons, we investigate the magnetic (transition) moments of vector mesons by applying the effective mass scheme, obtained from the one-gluon exchange interaction between quark-antiquark pairs. By incorporating high-precision experimental data from both heavy and light flavor sectors, we accurately account for the strong hyperfine interaction contributions to the quark and antiquark masses within mesons. We calculate the $V \to P$ effective transition magnetic moments to reliably predict M1 decay widths. Furthermore, to enhance the completeness of our analysis, we employ the non-relativistic potential model to calculate bound state isomultiplet masses and to predict the M1 decay widths of charmed mesons. Additionally, scale-dependent effects in both the effective mass scheme and the potential model are systematically analyzed and interpreted, emphasizing the decisive role of higher-order QCD corrections in determining M1 decay widths.

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Spectroscopy and Annihilation Decay Widths of Charmonium and Bottomonium Excitations

We study the charmonium ($c\bar{c}$) and bottomonium ($b\bar{b}$) spectra, using Cornell potential with additional constant potential term in a non-relativistic framework, with spin-dependent corrections corresponding to the spin-spin, spin-orbit, and tensor interactions added perturbatively. We predict the masses of low-lying and excited states of charmonium and bottomonium up to $n=6$ and $L=2$. We analyze the radial and orbital Regge trajectories of both the systems and investigate their departure from linearity. Further, we estimate the wave function at the origin and, consequently, predict the decay widths of charmonium and bottomonium states annihilating to leptons and photons. Also, we investigate the effect of scale dependence of the wave function at the origin and the strong coupling constant on the predictions of annihilation decay widths. We compare our predictions of heavy quarkonium spectra and decay widths with experimental results and other theoretical models.

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