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Fareed Alasiri

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$\boldsymbol{\chi_{c1}}(3872)$ and its Partners in the Diabatic Born-Oppenheimer Approximation for QCD

In the Born-Oppenheimer approximation for QCD, the exotic hidden-charm tetraquark meson $\chi_{c1}(3872)$ is a near-threshold bound state in Born-Oppenheimer potentials associated with an isospin-0 adjoint meson. The $\chi_{c1}(3872)$ is the $1^{++}$ member of a heavy-quark spin-symmetry multiplet whose other members have $J^{PC}$ quantum numbers $0^{++}$, $1^{+-}$, and $2^{++}$. We introduce a simple model for the Born-Oppenheimer potentials that interpolates between the adjoint-meson potential at short distances and the triplet-meson-pair potential at large distances. We take into account the spin splittings of charm mesons nonperturbatively for the first time by solving the diabatic Schr\"odinger equation. We also take into account the spin splittings of the adjoint meson as well as a narrow avoided crossing with the quarkonium potential. We tune the energy of $\chi_{c1}(3872)$ to the $D^* \bar{D}$ threshold and then calculate the spin splittings of the other members of the multiplet and their decay widths into charm-meson pairs. We also calculate the energies and decay widths of the corresponding multiplet of hidden-bottom tetraquarks. These calculations provide a template for the quantitative analysis of all hidden-heavy hadrons using the Born-Oppenheimer approximation for QCD.

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Hidden-Heavy Pentaquarks and Where to Find Them

We provide a simple explanation for the observed hidden-charm pentaquarks as bound states in Born-Oppenheimer potentials. We identify $P_{c\bar{c}}(4312)^+$, $P_{c\bar{c}}(4440)^+$, and $P_{c\bar{c}}(4457)^+$ as heavy-quark spin states in a quartet of $c \bar{c}$ pentaquarks with $J^P$ quantum numbers $\frac{1}{2}^-$, $\frac{3}{2}^-$, and $\frac{5}{2}^-$. The quantum numbers of $P_{c\bar{c}}(4457)^+$ differ from most previous predictions. We also predict a fourth $c\bar{c}$ pentaquark with quantum numbers $\frac{3}{2}^-$ near the $Σ_c^\ast\bar{D}$ threshold. We identify $P_{c\bar{c}s}(4338)^0$ and $P_{c\bar{c}s}(4459)^0$ as heavy-quark spin states in a triplet of $c \bar{c}s$ pentaquarks with quantum numbers $\frac{1}{2}^-$ and either $\frac{1}{2}^-$ or $\frac{3}{2}^-$. We also predict a third $c\bar{c}s$ pentaquark with quantum numbers either $\frac{3}{2}^-$ or $\frac{1}{2}^-$ near the $Ξ_c\bar{D}^\ast$ threshold. We explain why the observed hidden-charm pentaquarks have narrow widths.

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Born-Oppenheimer Potentials for $SU(3)$ Gauge Theory

We develop parameterizations of 8 of the lowest Born-Oppenheimer potentials for quarkonium hybrid mesons as functions of the separation $r$ of the static quark and antiquark sources. The parameters are determined by fitting results calculated using pure $SU(3)$ lattice gauge theory. The parameterizations have the correct limiting behavior at small $r$, where the potentials form multiplets associated with gluelumps. They have the correct limiting behavior at large $r$, where the potentials form multiplets associated with excitations of a relativistic string. There is a narrow avoided crossing in the small-$r$ region between two potentials with the same Born-Oppenheimer quantum numbers.

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