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Xu-Liang Chen

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arXiv2026

An improved moment QCD sum rule

QCD sum rules are among the most important non-perturbative tools in hadron physics, with the Laplace sum rule (LSR) and moment sum rule (MSR) being the two most commonly used formulations. Despite their widespread application, both approaches have significant shortcomings: the LSR relies on subjective criteria -- namely OPE convergence and pole dominance -- to constrain the parameter space, while the conventional MSR cannot extract the coupling constant of the interpolating current. More critically, the ground-state masses obtained from these two methods are often inconsistent. In this work, we propose an improved moment sum rule (IMSR) framework that resolves these issues simultaneously. Our method explicitly incorporates quark-hadron duality, which introduces the approximation condition on the OPE side and provides a natural a posteriori constraint on the parameters. We impose rigorous dependence conditions on the unphysical parameters $(Q^2_0,n)$ to quantify and control their influence. As a result, our framework uniquely determines both the optimal value of the duality parameter and the ground-state mass, without invoking any ad hoc or subjective criteria. It also allows for the simultaneous extraction of the current coupling. Applying the IMSR to a pseudoscalar $ud\Bar{d}\Bar{s}$ tetraquark system, the results are in excellent agreement with our previous LSR analyses, validating the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. The IMSR method substantially enhances the robustness and reliability of QCD sum rules, effectively eliminating the subjectivity that has long plagued conventional formulations.

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arXiv2026

Study of the $Ω_{ccc}Ω_{ccc}$ and $Ω_{bbb}Ω_{bbb}$ dibaryons in QCD Sum Rules

The recent observation of a family of fully-charm tetraquark states by the LHCb, ATLAS and CMS Collaborations suggests the possible existence of fully-heavy dibaryons. In this work, we investigate the $Ω_{ccc}Ω_{ccc}$ and $Ω_{bbb}Ω_{bbb}$ dibaryons in both the $^1S_0$ and $^5S_2$ channels using the method of QCD sum rules. We employ the iterative dispersion relation (IDR) method to efficiently compute the massive five-loop banana diagrams that appear in these systems, and properly address the tricky small-circle divergence problem in the nonperturbative terms. Our analyses reveal that for both charm and bottom systems, the scalar dibaryon lies lower than its tensor counterpart. In $\overline{\text{MS}}$ scheme, the mass of the scalar $Ω_{ccc}Ω_{ccc}$ dibaryon is found to be slightly above the $2Ω_{ccc}$ mass threshold, while the $Ω_{bbb}Ω_{bbb}$ systems may form bound states. However, they are predicted to be much heavier in the on-shell scheme.

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arXiv2026

Three-body molecular states composed of $D^{(*)}$ and two nucleons

We study the three-body systems $DNN$ and $D^{*}NN$ within a hadronic molecular framework by combining a realistic nucleon-nucleon interaction with a $D^{(*)}N$ potential constrained by heavy-quark symmetry. The three-body Schrödinger equation is solved with the Gaussian Expansion Method, and the analytic structure of the spectrum is investigated using the Complex Scaling Method. We find that the $DNN$ system supports a robust and compact bound state in the $I(J^{P})=\tfrac{1}{2}(1^-)$ channel over a broad range of cutoff values, even when the corresponding $DN$ subsystem is weakly bound or unbound. For $D^{*}NN$, the spin-$1$ nature of the heavy meson and the associated spin-dependent forces generate a clear spin hierarchy: deeply bound states appear in both $0^-$ and $2^-$ channels, while the $1^-$ channel exhibits a characteristic two-branch pattern with a strongly bound compact branch and a more weakly bound, spatially extended branch. The root-mean-square radii indicate pronounced spatial compression compared with the deuteron scale, highlighting the cooperative roles of realistic $NN$ correlations, the $D^{(*)}N$ interactions, and heavy-quark symmetry in forming compact heavy-flavor few-body bound states. No three-body resonances under complex scaling are found in the explored parameter space. Our results provide quantitative benchmarks for future experimental searches for such charmed-meson-nuclear bound states.

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arXiv2026

Interpretation of $Ω(2012)$ as a $Ξ(1530)K$ molecular state

We investigate the mass and strong decay properties of the $Ω(2012)$ resonance using QCD sum rules, assuming it to be an S-wave $Ξ(1530)\bar{K}$ molecular pentaquark state with $I(J^{P})= 0(\frac{3}{2}^{-})$. A unified interpolating current is constructed, and the two-point correlation functions and three-point functions are calculated up to dimension-13 and 10 condensate terms in the OPE series, respectively. The negative-parity contribution is isolated by employing parity-projected sum rules. The two-body strong decays to $Ξ^0 K^-$ and $Ξ^- \bar{K}^0$ are studied via their three-point correlation functions. Our analysis yields a mass of $2.00 \pm 0.15~\mathrm{GeV}$ and a total two-body decay width of $Γ= 0.96^{+0.79}_{-0.41}~\mathrm{MeV}$ for the $Ξ(1530)\bar{K}$ molecular state. The ratio of the two-body decay branching fractions is obtained as $\mathcal{R}^{Ξ^- \bar{K}^0}_{Ξ^0 K^-} = 0.85$. These results are compatible with the experimental data for the $Ω(2012)$ within uncertainties and support its interpretation as a $Ξ(1530)\bar{K}$ molecular pentaquark state.

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arXiv2025

Unraveling $K(1690)$ as a pseudoscalar $ud\bar{d}\bar{s}$ tetraquark state

The recent observed $K (1690)$ has been identified as a supernumerary pseudoscalar resonance signal in the strange-meson spectrum predicted by quark model calculations. It is the best candidate of a strange crypto-exotic state. In this work, we systematically study the hadron masses of $ud\bar{d}\bar{s}$ tetraquark states with $J^P = 0^-$ in the method of QCD sum rules (QCDSR). For ten interpolating currents, we calculate the correlation functions up to dimension-8 nonperturbative condensates. To calculate the tri-gluon condensate, we comprehensively consider the contributions from different operators with and without covariant derivatives. The infrared (IR) safety can be guaranteed for the completely calculated tri-gluon condensate by properly addressing the IR divergences in Feynman diagrams. It is demonstrated that the tri-gluon condensate provides significant contributions to the sum-rule analyses in these light tetraquark systems. Our results support the interpretation of $K (1690)$ resonance to be a pseudoscalar $ud\bar{d}\bar{s}$ tetraquark state.

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arXiv2025

Doubly charmed pentaquark states with strangeness $S=0, -1$

In this work, we have studied the mass spectra of doubly charmed pentaquark states with strangeness $S=0, -1$ by using the method of QCD sum rules. We use the parity projected sum rules to separate the contributions of negative and positive parities from the two-point correlation functions induced by the pentaquark interpolating currents. Our results predict the existence of some potential doubly charmed pentaquark bound states.

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arXiv2025

Possible bound states in the triple-$η_c$ and triple-$J/ψ$ systems

The observations of fully-charm tetraquark states in the LHCb, CMS and ATLAS experiments suggested the existence of the hadronic molecules of two-charmonium states, which may also imply bound states in the three-charmonium systems. In this work, we study the possible bound states in the triple-$η_c$ and triple-$J/ψ$ systems with $J^{PC}=0^{-+}$ and $1^{--}$, respectively. In QCD sum rules, we calculate the two-point correlation functions and spectral functions up to the dimension-four gluon condensate. We use the iterative dispersion relation approach to deal with the five-loop banana integrals, which significantly improves the computational efficiency. Our results show that the masses of triple-$η_c$ and triple-$J/ψ$ states lie below the corresponding mass thresholds, supporting the existence of such three-body bound states.

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arXiv2024

Mixing angle of $K_1(1270/1400)$ and the $K\bar K_1(1400)$ molecular interpretation of $η_1(1855)$

Due to the SU(3) symmetry breaking effect, the axial-vector kaons $K_1(1270)$ and $K_1(1400)$ are established to be mixtures of two P-wave $K_{1A}\left( {^3{P_1}} \right)$ and $K_{1B}\left( {^1{P_1}} \right)$ states. In QCD sum rules, we propose a new construction of the $K_1$ current operators and calculate the two-point correlation functions by including the next-to-leading order four-quark condensates. The mixing angle is determined as $θ= \left( {46.95_{ - 0.23}^{ + 0.25}} \right)^\circ$ by reproducing the masses of $K_1(1270)$ and $K_1(1400)$. We further compose the $K\bar K_1\left( {1270} \right)$ and $K\bar K_1\left( {1400} \right)$ interpolating currents with exotic quantum numbers $J^{PC}=1^{-+}$ to investigate the possible molecular interpretation of the recently observed ${η_1}(1855)$ state. We calculate the correlation functions and perform the QCD sum rule analyses for these two molecular systems. However, the spectral functions are found to be negative in physical regions so that they are not able to provide reliable investigations of the $K\bar K_1$ molecular states.

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arXiv2024

Discontinuities of banana integrals in dispersion relation representation

We derive the discontinuities of banana integrals using the dispersion relation iteratively. We find a series of identities between the parameterized discontinuities of banana integrals (p-DOBIs). Similar to elliptic integrals, these identities enable the reduction of various p-DOBIs to be a linear combination of some fundamental ones. We present a practical application of p-DOBIs for deriving Picard-Fuchs operator. Then we establish the expression of generalized dispersion relation, which enables us to obtain the dispersion relation representation of arbitrary banana integrals. Moreover, we propose a hypothesis for generalized dispersion relation and p-DOBIs, which provides a simple way to calculate the discontinuities and transform dispersion relation representation to p-DOBIs.

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arXiv2024

Towards heavy double-gluon hybrid mesons with exotic quantum numbers in QCD sum rules

The double-gluon hybrid meson configuration was recently proposed and investigated within QCD sum rules. In this talk, we discuss the color structures of the double-gluon hybrid meson and construct current operators with exotic quantum numbers $J^{PC}=1^{-+}$ and $2^{+-}$ for two of the structures. In the framework of QCD sum rules, we consider the condensates up to dimension-8 at the leading order of $α_{s}$ for both charmonium and the bottomonium systems. The results indicate that the masses of the $1^{-+}$ and $2^{+-}$ charmonium double-gluon hybrid mesons are approximately $6.1-7.2$ GeV and $6.3-6.4$ GeV, respectively. As for the bottomonium systems, their masses fall within the range of $13.7-14.3$ GeV and $12.6-13.3$ GeV for the $1^{-+}$ and $2^{+-}$ channels, respectively. Additionally, the charmonium hybrids could be produced in the radiative decays of bottomonium mesons in BelleII experiment.

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arXiv2024

Revisit the heavy quarkonium double-gluon hybrid mesons with exotic quantum numbers

We revisit the masses of heavy quarkonium double-gluon hybrid mesons with exotic quantum numbers $J^{PC}=1^{-+}$ and $2^{+-}$ in the framework of the QCD sum rules. Considering the double-gluon hybrid meson operators in the octet-octet color structure, we have constructed two independent interpolating currents with $J^{PC}=1^{-+}$ and five independent currents with $J^{PC}=2^{+-}$. For the interpolating currents with antisymmetric glueball operator, there exist non-local divergences in one kind of additional Feynman diagrams of the tri-gluon condensate, which will give important contributions to the sum rule stabilities and mass predictions. We use the diagrammatic renormalization to cancel out such divergences. At the leading order of $α_s$, the two-point correlation functions and spectral densities can be expressed in the analytic form of the generalized hypergeometric functions and Meijer's G-functions. After performing the numerical analysis, we predict the masses of the $1^{-+}$ and $2^{+-}$ charmonium double-gluon hybrid mesons to be around $6.1-7.2$ GeV and $6.3-6.4$ GeV, respectively. For the bottomonium systems, their masses are predicted to be $13.7-14.3$ GeV and $12.6-13.3$ GeV for the $1^{-+}$ and $2^{+-}$ channels, respectively. Besides, it is possible to hunt for these charmonium hybrids in the radiative decays of bottomonium mesons in BelleII experiment. Further investigations on these hybrid states in various theoretical and phenomenological methods are also anticipated in the future.

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arXiv2024

P-wave fully charm and fully bottom tetraquark states

We have studied the mass spectra of the P-wave fully charm and fully bottom tetraquark states in the framework of QCD sum rules. We construct the interpolating currents by inserting the covariant derivative operator $\overset{ \leftrightarrow } { \mathcal D }_{ μ}$ between the S-wave diquark and antidiquark fields. The excitation structures show that the pure $λ$-mode excited P-wave fully heavy tetraquarks exist for the quantum numbers $J^{PC}=1^{--}, 1^{-+}, 2^{--}, 2^{-+}$ and $3^{--}$, while it is difficult to separate the $λ$-mode and $ρ$-mode excitations in the $0^{-+}$ channel. Within three Lorentz indices, there is no pure $λ$-mode excited P-wave fully charm/bottom tetraquark operators with $J^{PC}=0^{--}$ and $3^{-+}$. Our results support that the recent observed $X(6900)$ and $X(7200)$ resonances could be interpreted as the P-wave fully charm $cc \bar c \bar c$ tetraquark states with $J^{PC}=1^{-+}$ and $2^{-+}$, respectively. Some P-wave fully bottom $bb\bar b\bar b$ tetraquark states are predicted to be lower than the di-$η_b(1S)$ and di-$Υ(1S)$ mass thresholds. Hopefully our calculations will be useful for identifying the nature of new exotic tetraquark states.

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arXiv2024

Doubly charmed pentaquark states in QCD sum rules

We have studied the mass spectra of doubly charmed pentaquark states in the $Λ_{c}^{(*)}D^{(*)}$ and $Σ_{c}^{(*)}D^{(*)}$ channels with $J^P=1/2^\pm$, $3/2^\pm$ and $5/2^\pm$ within the framework of QCD sum rules. We use the parity projected sum rules to separate the contributions of negative and positive parities from the two-point correlations induced by the pentaquark interpolating currents. Our results show that the bound states of $P_{cc}$ pentaquarks may exist in the $Λ_cD\, (\frac{1}{2}^-)$, $Σ_cD\, (\frac{1}{2}^-)$, $Σ_cD^*\, (\frac{3}{2}^-)$, $Λ_c^*D\, (\frac{3}{2}^-)$, $Λ_c^*D^*\, (\frac{5}{2}^-)$ channels with negative-parity and $Σ_cD\, (\frac{1}{2}^+)$, $Σ_cD^\ast\, (\frac{3}{2}^+)$, $Σ_c^\ast D\, (\frac{3}{2}^+)$ channels with positive-parity, since their masses are predicted to be lower than the corresponding meson-baryon thresholds. However, they are still allowed to decay into the $Ξ_{cc}^{(\ast)}π$ final states via strong interaction. The triply charged $P_{cc}^{+++}(ccuu\bar d)$ and neutral $P_{cc}^{0}(ccdd\bar u)$ in the isospin quartet would definitely be pentaquark states due to their exotic charges. We suggest searching for these characteristic doubly charmed pentaquark signals in the $P_{cc}^{+++}\toΞ_{cc}^{(\ast) ++}π^+/ρ^+$, $Σ_c^{(\ast)++}D^{(\ast)+}$ and $P_{cc}^{0}\toΞ_{cc}^{(\ast) +}π^-/ρ^-$, $Σ_c^{(\ast)0}D^{(\ast)0}$ decays in the near future.

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