PoS - Proceedings of Science
Volume 310 - XVII International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy and Structure (Hadron2017) - Session 4: Exotic states and candidates
Shedding light on Hexaquarks
M. Bashkanov* and D.P. Watts
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Pre-published on: February 16, 2018
Published on: March 20, 2018
Abstract
Several new findings in the four, five and six quark systems reheat the interest in the field of multiquark states (beyond trivial $qq\bar$ and qqq). A lot of progress has recently been made in the 6q sector, on both the theoretical and experimental side. A resonance like structure observed in double-pionic fusion to the deuteron, at M = 2.38 GeV with $\Gamma$ =70 MeV and $I(J^P)=0(3^+)$ has been consistently observed in a wealth of reaction channels, supporting the existence of a resonant dibaryon state - the $d^*(2380)$. These studies include measurement of all the principle strong decay channels in pn collisions in the quasi-free mode by the WASA-at-COSY and HADES collaborations.
The internal structure of the $d^*(2380)$ is largely unknown. It can contain various hidden color 6q configurations, $\Delta\Delta$ molecular states with angular momentum L=0,2,4,6 as well as meson-assisted dressed dibaryon structures. The large set of experimental data obtained to date gives some constraints on the internal structure of the $d^*(2380)$ dibaryon, but does not settle the issue. The $d^*$ is the only multiquark state which can be produced copiously at current facilities, offering unique access to information beyond its basic quantum numbers, particularly its physical size and internal structure.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.310.0122
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