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K X(3872) interaction and correlation function

Jing Song, Pedro Brandão, and Eulogio Oset

Phys. Rev. D - Accepted 20 October, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/8vxp-868c

Abstract

We investigate the KX(3872) interaction and the corresponding correlation function, assuming the X(3872) to be a molecular state of DD‾* and D*D‾ with isospin I=0 and positive C-parity. The interaction is treated within the fixed-center approximation (FCA) to the Faddeev equations, in which the X(3872) is taken as a cluster of its constituents and the kaon interacts with the D* and D components. The three-body scattering amplitude is evaluated using the Fixed Center Approximation (FCA) to the Faddeev equations, improved by taking the FCA amplitude as an optical potential which is later unitarized by means of the Lippmann–Schwinger equation. We find a narrow resonant structure about 50~MeV below the K+X(3872) threshold with a width of approximately 1~MeV, and determine the KX(3872) scattering length and effective range r0=(1.16−i1.66)~fm. The corresponding correlation function is evaluated and shows a clear deviation from unity at low momenta, characteristic of a strongly attractive interaction leading to a bound state. These predictions are tied to the molecular nature of the X(3872) and can be measured experimentally via measurements of the KX(3872) correlation function and three-body invariant mass distributions. We make a discussion about mixing with other three body configurations and evaluate uncertainties in the results.

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