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Toward the existence of the odderon as a three-gluon bound state

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Inspired by the evidence of the odderon exchange recently observed by the D0 and TOTEM Collaborations, a quantum chromodynamics (QCD) sum rule investigation is performed to study the odderon as a three-gluon bound state. There may exist six lowest-lying three-gluon odderons with the quantum numbers ${J}^{PC}=1/2/{3}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}\ensuremath{-}}$. We systematically construct their interpolating currents, and calculate their mass spectra. To verify their existence, we propose to search for the spin-3 odderons in their $VVV$ and $VVP$ decay channels directly at LHC, with $V$ and $P$ light vector and pseudoscalar mesons respectively.

Source: Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.103.l091503

Authors: Hua-Xing Chen, Wei Chen, Shi-Lin Zhu

Institutions: Southeast University, Sun Yat-sen University, Peking University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities