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Hadronic decays of possible pseudoscalar -wave molecular state
Phys. Rev. D 112, 074002 – Published 3 October, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/t3q7-fml8
Abstract
Recently, the new structure observed by the BESIII Collaboration in the was identified to be the -wave vector molecular resonance using a unified meson exchange model. Apart from the vector -wave state, a possible pseudoscalar -wave molecular state of the [called 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 , including , , , and . Under present model parameters, the hidden-charm decay modes are dominated by the and , and the partial widths can reach 1 MeV and 0.1 MeV, respectively. The open-charm channel exhibits a rather small decay rate (). In terms of our present predictions, we suggest BESIII and Belle II to search for the pseudoscalar -wave molecular state with in the hidden-charm processes or .
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