Published December 1, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Antidecuplet candidate Ξ--(1862) as a heptaquark with the overlap of two antikaons and a nucleon

Creators

  • 1. Dep. Fisica and CFIF, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon (Portugal)

Description

I study the very recently discovered S=-2 resonance Ξ--(1886) by the NA49 Collaboration at the CERN SPS. I find that repulsion excludes the Ξ-- as a ddssu s-wave pentaquark. I explore the Ξ-- as a heptaquark, equivalent to a N+K+K linear molecule, with positive parity and total isospin I=3/2. I find that the kaon-kaon repulsion is canceled by the attraction existing in the kaon-nucleon channels. In our framework this state is easier to bind than the Θ+ described by a π+K+N Borromean bound state. The remaining I=1/2 doublet and I=1 triplet of the exotic antidecuplet are also studied, and the coupling to p-wave decay channels is briefly addressed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
70
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 111504-111504.5
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2004 The American Physical Society