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Hadronic decays of possible pseudoscalar P-wave DD¯*/D¯D* molecular state

Shi-Dong Liu1,*, Qi Wu2,†, and Gang Li1,‡

  • *Contact author: liusd@qfnu.edu.cn
  • †Contact author: wuqi@htu.edu.cn
  • ‡Contact author: gli@qfnu.edu.cn

Phys. Rev. D 112, 074002 – Published 3 October, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/t3q7-fml8

Abstract

Recently, the new structure G(3900) observed by the BESIII Collaboration in the e+e−→DD¯ was identified to be the P-wave DD¯*/D¯D* vector molecular resonance using a unified meson exchange model. Apart from the vector P-wave state, a possible pseudoscalar P-wave molecular state of the DD¯*/D¯D* [called G0(3900) for short] was also predicted, which is likely to be observed in future experiments. Within the molecular framework, we calculated the partial decay widths for a series of hadronic decays of the G0, including G0→ω(ρ0)J/ψ, π+π−ηc(1S), π+π−χc1(1P), and D0D¯0π0. Under present model parameters, the hidden-charm decay modes are dominated by the G0→ωJ/ψ and G0→π+π−ηc(1S), and the partial widths can reach 1 MeV and 0.1 MeV, respectively. The open-charm channel G0→D0D¯0π0 exhibits a rather small decay rate (∼0.1  keV). In terms of our present predictions, we suggest BESIII and Belle II to search for the pseudoscalar P-wave DD¯*/D¯D* molecular state with JPC=0−+ in the hidden-charm processes G0→ωJ/ψ or G0→π+π−ηc(1S).

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