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Author Fontoura, C.E.; Krein, G.; Valcarce, A.; Vijande, J.
Title Production of exotic tetraquarks QQ(q)over-bar (q)over-bar in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 99 Issue 9 Pages 094037 - 8pp
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Abstract We investigate the production of exotic tetraquarks, QQ (q) over bar (q) over bar T-QQ (Q = c or b and q = u or d), in relativistic heavy-ion collisions using the quark coalescence model. The T-QQ yield is given by the overlap of the density matrix of the constituents in the emission source with the Wigner function of the produced tetraquark. The tetraquark wave function is obtained from exact solutions of the four-body problem using realistic constituent models. The production yields are typically one order of magnitude smaller than previous estimations based on simplified wave functions for the tetraquarks. We also evaluate the consequences of the partial restoration of chiral symmetry at the hadronization temperature on the coalescence probability. Such effects, in addition to increasing the stability of the tetraquarks, lead to an enhancement of the production yields, pointing towards an excellent discovery potential in forthcoming experiments. We discuss further consequences of our findings for the search of exotic tetraquarks in central Pb + Pb collisions at the LHC.
Address [Fontoura, C. E.] DCTA, Inst Tecnol Aeronaut, BR-12228900 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP, Brazil, Email: ce.fontoura@unesp.br;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000469331100006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4030
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Author Hernandez, E.; Vijande, J.; Valcarce, A.; Richard, J.M.
Title Spectroscopy, lifetime and decay modes of the T-bb(-) tetraquark Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physics Letters B Abbreviated Journal Phys. Lett. B
Volume 800 Issue Pages 135073 - 9pp
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Abstract We present the first full-fledged study of the flavor-exotic isoscalar T-bb(-) equivalent to bb (u) over bar(d) over bar tetraquark with spin and parity J(P) = 1(+). We report accurate solutions of the four-body problem in a quark model, characterizing the structure of the state as a function of the ratio M-Q/m(q) of the heavy to light quark masses. For such a standard constituent model, T-bb(-) lies approximately 150 MeV below the strong decay threshold B- (B) over bar*(0) and 105 MeV below the electromagnetic decay threshold B- (B) over bar (0)gamma. We evaluate the lifetime of T-bb(-), identifying the promising decay modes where the tetraquark might be looked for in future experiments. Its total decay width is Gamma approximate to 87 x 10(-15) GeV and therefore its lifetime tau approximate to 7.6 ps. The promising final states are B*(-) D*(+) l (v) over bar (l) and (B) over bar*(0) l (v) over bar (l) among the semileptonic decays, and B*(-) D*(+) D-s*(-), (B) over bar*(0) D*(0) D-s*(-), and B*(-) D*(+) rho(-) among the nonleptonic ones. The semileptonic decay to the isoscalar J(P) = 0(+) tetraquark T-bc(0) is also relevant but it is not found to be dominant. There is a broad consensus about the existence of this tetraquark, and its detection will validate our understanding of the low-energy realizations of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) in the multiquark sector.
Address [Hernandez, E.; Valcarce, A.] Univ Salamanca, Dept Fis Fundamental, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain, Email: gajatee@usal.es;
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Publisher Elsevier Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0370-2693 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000503832500055 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4240
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Author Richard, J.M.; Valcarce, A.; Vijande, J.
Title Very Heavy Flavored Dibaryons Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physical Review Letters Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume 124 Issue 21 Pages 212001 - 4pp
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Abstract We explore the possibility of very heavy dibaryons with three charm quarks and three beauty quarks, bbbccc, using a constituent model which should lead to the correct solution in the limit of hadrons made of heavy quarks. The six-body problem is treated rigorously, in particular taking into account the orbital, color, and spin mixed-symmetry components of the wave function. Unlike a recent claim based on lattice QCD, no bound state is found below the lowest dissociation threshold.
Address [Richard, Jean-Marc] Univ Lyon, Inst Phys Infinis Lyon 2, IN2P3, CNRS,UCBL, 4 Rue Enrico Fermi, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France, Email: j-m.richard@ipnl.in2p3.fr;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0031-9007 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000535679100015 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4408
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Author Richard, J.M.; Valcarce, A.; Vijande, J.
Title Effect of relativistic kinematics on the stability of multiquarks Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 103 Issue 5 Pages 054020 - 8pp
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Abstract We discuss whether the bound nature of multiquark states in quark models could benefit from relativistic effects on the kinetic energy operator. For mesons and baryons, relativistic corrections to the kinetic energy lead to lower energies, and thus call for a retuning of the parameters of the model. For multiquark states, as well as their respective thresholds, a comparison is made of the results obtained with nonrelativistic and relativistic kinetic energy. It is found that the binding energy is lower in the relativistic case. In particular, QQ (q) over bar(q) over bar tetraquarks with double heavy flavor become stable for a larger ratio of the heavy to light quark masses; the all-heavy tetraquarks QQ (Q) over bar(Q) over bar that are not stable in standard nonrelativistic quark models remain unstable when a relativistic form of kinetic energy is adopted.
Address [Richard, Jean-Marc] Univ Lyon, Inst Phys Infinis Lyon 2, IN2P3 CNRS UCBL, 4 Rue Enrico Fermi, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France, Email: j-m.richard@ipnl.in2p3.fr;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2470-0010 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000648531300004 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4838
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Author Gimenez-Alventosa, V.; Ballester, F.; Vijande, J.
Title VoxelMages: a general-purpose graphical interface for designing geometries and processing DICOM images for PENELOPE Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication Applied Radiation And Isotopes Abbreviated Journal Appl. Radiat. Isot.
Volume 118 Issue Pages 251-257
Keywords (up) 87.53.Bn; 87.53.Jw; 87.55.Qr; 87.55.km; 87.55.K
Abstract The design and construction of geometries for Monte Carlo calculations is an error-prone, time-consuming, and complex step in simulations describing particle interactions and transport in the field of medical physics. The software VoxelMages has been developed to help the user in this task. It allows to design complex geometries and to process DICOM image files for simulations with the general-purpose Monte Carlo code PENELOPE in an easy and straightforward way. VoxelMages also allows to import DICOM-RT structure contour information as delivered by a treatment planning system. Its main characteristics, usage and performance benchmarking are described in detail.
Address [Gimenez-Alventosa, V.; Ballester, F.; Vijande, J.] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Atom Mol & Nucl, E-46100 Valencia, Spain
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Publisher Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0969-8043 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000390736100039 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2904
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