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Triply heavy tetraquark states with the \(QQ\bar{Q}\bar{q}\) configuration

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In the framework of the color-magnetic interaction, we systematically investigate the mass splittings of the \(QQ\bar{Q}\bar{q}\) tetraquark states and estimate their rough masses in this work. These systems include the explicitly exotic states \(cc\bar{b}\bar{q}\) and \(bb\bar{c}\bar{q}\) and the hidden exotic states \(cc\bar{c}\bar{q}\), \(cb\bar{b}\bar{q}\), \(bc\bar{c}\bar{q}\), and \(bb\bar{b}\bar{q}\). If a state around the estimated mass region can be observed, its nature as a genuine tetraquark is favored. The strong decay patterns shown here will be helpful to the experimental search for these exotic states.

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  1. School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, China

    Kan Chen & Xiang Liu

  2. Research Center for Hadron and CSR Physics, Lanzhou University and Institute of Modern Physics of CAS, 730000, Lanzhou, China

    Kan Chen & Xiang Liu

  3. School of Physics and Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation (MOE), Shandong University, 250100, Jinan, China

    Yan-Rui Liu & Jing Wu

  4. School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China

    Shi-Lin Zhu

  5. Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, 100871, Beijing, China

    Shi-Lin Zhu

  6. Center of High Energy Physics, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China

    Shi-Lin Zhu

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Chen, K., Liu, X., Liu, YR. et al. Triply heavy tetraquark states with the \(QQ\bar{Q}\bar{q}\) configuration. Eur. Phys. J. A 53, 5 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2017-12199-3

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