- Accepted Paper
Updated analysis of charmonium states in a relativized quark potential model
Phys. Rev. D - Accepted 22 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/9cvt-lt8d
Phys. Rev. D - Accepted 22 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/9cvt-lt8d
Motivated by recent experimental observations of charmonium(-like) states, we investigate their interpretation as conventional charmonium states within the framework of relativized quark potential model. We find a consistent description of the updated masses of charmonium, bottomonium and some selected charmed mesons, then systematically compute open-charm strong decay widths and electromagnetic transition widths for radially excited charmonium states up to . The numerical results show significantly improved agreement with experimental masses and widths. Notably, the newly-observed and are tentatively associated with the and respectively, while the and are interpreted as the and states. For the controversial state, we suggest its potential connection to , as a two-pole structure due to the coupling to channels. Intriguingly, the predicted mass of is about 3851 MeV, diverging from the original estimate of MeV in the Godfrey and Isgur’s work but consistent with non-relativistic potential model predictions. This calculation might provide more insight to the future experimental investigation of charmonium(-like) states.
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