Analysis of the decay B^0→χc1~π~0 with light-cone QCD sum rules

In this article, we calculate the contribution from the nonfactorizable soft hadronic matrix element to the decay B^0→Xc1π^0 with the light-cone quantum chromo-dynamic （QCD） sum rules. The numerical results show that its contribution is rather large and should not be neglected. The total amplitudes lead to a branching fraction which is in agreement with the experimental data marginally.

Λ_(b)→Λ_(c) form factors from QCD light-cone sum rules

In this study,we calculate the transition form factors of Λ_(b) decaying into Λ_(c) within the framework of light-cone sum rules with the distribution amplitudes(DAs)of the Λ_(b)-baryon.In the hadronic representation of the correlation function,we isolate both the Λ_(c) and Λ_(c)^(∗) states so that the Λ_(b)→Λ_(c) form factors can be obtained without ambiguity.We investigate the P-type and A-type currents to interpolate light baryons for comparison because the interpolation current for the baryon state is not unique.We also employ three parametrization models for the DAs of Λ_(b) in the numerical calculation.We present the numerical predictions for the Λ_(b)→Λ_(c) form factors and branching fractions,averaged forward-backward asymmetry,averaged final hadron polarization,and averaged lepton polarization of the Λ_(b)→Λ_(c)ℓμ decays,as well as the ratio of the branching ratios RΛ_(c).The predicted RΛ_(c) is consistent with LHCb data.

Analysis of Scalar Doubly Heavy Tetraquark States with QCD Sum Rules

In this article, we perform a detailed study of the mass spectrum of the scalar doubly charmed and doubly bottom tetraquark states using the QCD sum rules.

Reanalyzing Pentaquark Θ^＋（1540） in Framework of QCD Sum Rules Approach with Direct Instantons

In this article, we study the pentaquark state Θ＋（1540） with a （scalar） diquark-（pseudoscalar） diquarkantiquark type interpolating current in the framework of the QCD sum rules approach by including the contributions from the direct instantons. The numerical results indicate that the contributions from the direct instantons are very small and can be safely neglected.

A Comparative Study of f_B within QCD Sum Rules with Two Typical Correlators up to Next-to-Leading Order

The B-meson decay constant fB is an important component for studying the B-meson decays, which can be studied through QCD sum rules. We make a detailed discussion on f B from two sum rules up to next-to- leading order, i.e. sum rules I and II, which are derived from the conventional correlator and the correlator with chiral currents respectively. It is found that these two sum rules are consistent with each other. The sum rules H involves less non-perturbative condensates as that of sum rules I, and in principle, it can be more accurate if we know the dimensionfour gluon condensate well. It is found that fB decreases with the increment of mb, and to compare with the Belle experimental data on fB, both sum rules I and H prefer smaller pole b-quark mass, mb= 4.68 ± 0.07 GeV. By varying all the input parameters within their reasonable regions and by adding all the uncertainties in quadrature, we obtain fB=172-25^＋23 MeV for sum rules I and fB =214-34^26 MeV for sum rules П.

{Q}{^(('))s}Molecular States in QCD Sum Rules

We systematically investigate the mass spectra of {Qs}{Q（＇）s} molecular states in the framework of QCD sum rules. The interpolating currents representing the molecular states are proposed. Technically, contributions of the operators up to dimension six are included in operator product expansion （OPE）. The masses for molecular states with various {Qs}{Q（＇）s} configurations are presented. The result 4.36 ± 0.08 Ge V for theDs＊ Ds0- ＊ molecular state is consistent with the mass 4350＋4.6 -5.1± 0.7 MeV of the newly observed X（4350）, which could support X（4350） interpreted as a D＊D＊so molecular state.

Analysis of Y(4660) and Related Bound States with QCD Sum Rules

In this article, we take the vector charmonium-like state Y（4660） as a φ＇ fo（980） bound state （irrespective of the hadro-charmonium and the molecular state） tentatively, and study its mass using the QCD sum rules. The numerical value My = 4.71 ±0.26 GeV is consistent with the experimental data. Considering the SU（3） symmetry of the light flavor quarks and the heavy quark symmetry, we also study the bound states φ＇a（400-1200）, γ′″ fo（980）, and γ′″σ（400-1200） with the QCD sum rules, and make reasonable predictions for their masses.

Nuclear symmetry energy from QCD sum rules

We calculated the nucleon self-energies in iso-spin asymmetric nuclear matter and obtained the nuclear symmetry energy by taking difference of these of neutron and proton.We find that the scalar(vector) self-energy part gives a negative(positive) contribution to the nuclear symmetry energy,consistent with the result from relativistic mean-field theories.Also,we found exact four-quark operator product expansion for nucleon sum rule.Among them,twist-4 matrix elements which can be extracted from deep inelastic scattering experiment constitute an essential part in the origin of the nuclear symmetry energy from QCD.Our result also extends early success of QCD sum rule in the symmetric nuclear matter to the asymmetric nuclear matter.

Strong decays of the P_(c)(4312) and its isospin cousin via the QCD sum rules

In this study,considering the conservation of isospin in the strong decays,we investigate the strong decays of the pentaquark molecule candidate P_(c)(4312)and its possible higher isospin cousin P_(c)(4330)in the framework of the QCD sum rules.Further,the pole residue of theΔbaryon with isospin eigenstate|II3>=|3/21/2)is obtained.If the possible pentaquark molecule candidate P_(c)(4330)could be determined,it would shed light on the interpretations of the P_(c) states in future experiments.

Fully-light vector tetraquark states with explicit P-wave via QCD sum rules

In this study,we apply the QCD sum rules to investigate the vector fully-light tetraquark states with an explicit P-wave between the diquark and antidiquark pairs.We observed that the Cγα⊗↔∂μ⊗γαC(or Cγα⊗↔Dμ⊗γαC)type current with fully-strange quarks couples potentially to a tetraquark state with a mass 2.16±0.14GeV,which supports assigning Y(2175)/ϕ(2170)as the diquark-antidiquark type tetraquark state with JPC=1−−.The qsˉqˉs and ssˉsˉs vector tetraquark states with the structure Cγμ⊗↔∂α⊗γαC+Cγα⊗↔∂α⊗γμ(or Cγμ⊗↔Dα⊗γαC+Cγα⊗↔Dα⊗γμ)are consistent with X(2200)and X(2400),respectively,which lie in the region from 2.20 to 2.40GeV.The central values of the masses of the fully-strange vector tetraquark states with an explicit P-wave are approximately 2.16−3.13GeV(or 2.16−3.16GeV).Predictions for other fully-light vector tetraquark states with and without hidden-strange are also presented.

Fermion Corrections to Mass of Scalar Glueball in QCD Sum Rule

Contributions of fermions to the mass of the scalar glueball 0++are calculated at two-loop level in theframework of QCD sum rules.It slightly changes the coefficients in the operator product expansion （OPE） and shiftsthe mass of glueball to 1.72 ± 0.07 GeV.

QCD sum rule study of J^(P)=1^(±)exotic states with two heavy quarks in the molecular picture

In this study,the spectroscopic parameters of exotic molecular states composed of mesons containing two heavy quarks(scalar-axial and pseudoscalar-axial meson combinations)are investigated within the QCD sum rules.Our findings reveal that molecular states containing charm quarks do not form bound states,whereas states with b-quarks can form exotic molecular states.This observation has significant implications for understanding the structure of these exotic states.

B→A transitions in the light-cone QCD sum rules with the chiral current

In this article, we calculate the form-factors of the transitions B → a1（1260）, b1（1235） in the leading-order approximation using the light-cone QCD sum rules. In calculations, we choose the chiral current to interpolate the B-meson, which has the outstanding advantage that the twist-3 light-cone distribution amplitudes of the axial-vector mesons makes no contributions, and the resulting sum rules for the form-factors suffer from far fewer uncertainties. Then we study the semi-leptonic decays B → a1（1260） lvl, b1（1235） lvl （l=e,μ,τ）, and make predictions for the differential decay widths and decay widths, which can be compared with the experimental data in the coming future

Analysis of the coupling constants g_(a_0ηπ~0) and g_(a_0η’ π~0) with light-cone QCD sum rules

In this article, we take the point of view that the light scalar meson a0（980） is a conventional qqstate, and calculate the coupling constants ga0ηπ0 and ga0ηπ0 with the light-cone QCD sum rules. The central value of the coupling constant ga0ηπ0 is consistent with that extracted from the radiative decay φ（1020） → a0（980）γ→ηπ0γ. The central value and lower bound of the decay width Γa0→ηπ0 =127＋8448 MeV are compatible with the experimental data of the total decay width Γa0（980） = （50-100） MeV from the Particle Data Group with a very model dependent estimation （the decay width can be much larger）, while the upper bound is too large. We give a possible explanation for the discrepancy between the theoretical calculation and experimental data.

Constraints ofξ-moments computed using QCD sum rules on pion distribution amplitude models

To date,the behavior of the pionic leading-twist distribution amplitude(DA)φ2;π(x,μ)-which is a universal physical quantity and is introduced into high-energy processes involving pions based on the factorization theorem-is not completely consistent.The form ofφ2;π(x,μ)is usually described by phenomenological models and constrained by the experimental data on exclusive processes containing pions or the moments computed using QCD sum rules and the lattice QCD theory.Evidently,an appropriate model is extremely important to determine the exact behavior ofφ2;π(x,μ).In this paper,by adopting the least squares method to fit theξ-moments calculated using QCD sum rules based on the background field theory,we perform an analysis on several commonly used models of the pionic leading-twist DA in the literature;these include the truncation form of the Gegenbauer polynomial series,the light-cone harmonic oscillator model,the form extracted from the Dyson-Schwinger equations,the model from the light-front holographic AdS/QCD,and a simple power-law parametrization form.

The Λ-type P-wave bottom baryon states via the QCD sum rules

Our study focuses on the Λ-type P-wave bottom baryon states with spin-parity JP=1/2−, 3/2−. We introduce an explicit P-wave between the two light quarks in the interpolating currents (these light quarks are antisymmetric in the flavor space, thus giving rise to the designation of Λ-type baryon) to investigate the Λb and Ξ_(b) states within the framework of the full QCD sum rules. The predicted masses show that Ξ_(b)(6087) and Ξ_(b)(6095/6100) could be the P-wave bottom-strange baryon states with spin-parity JP=1/2− and 3/2−, respectively;meanwhile, Λb(5912) and Λb(5920) could be the P-wave bottom baryon states with spin-parity JP=1/2− and 3/2−, respectively. Moreover, Λb(5920) and Ξ_(b)(6095/6100) may have two remarkable under-structures or Fock components at least.

Analysis of Pcs(4338) and related pentaquark molecular states via QCD sum rules

In this study,we tentatively identify Pcs(4338)■Ξc molecular state and distinguish the isospins of current operators to explore in detail the■Ξc,■Λc,■sΞc,■sΛc,■*Ξc,■*Λc,■*sΞc,and■*sΛcmolecular states without strange,with strange,and with double strange in the framework of QCD sum rules.The present exploration favors identifying Pcs(4338)(Pcs(4459))as the■Ξc(■*Ξc)molecular state with the spin-parity JP=1/2-(3/2-)and(I,I3)=(0,0),and the observation of their cousins with the isospin(I,I3)=(1,0)J/ψΣ0/ηcΣ0in the invariant mass distributions would decipher their inner structures.

D^+→η(′)l+ν_l semileptonic decays in light-cone sum rules

We calculate the D → η transition form factor in light-cone sum rules by taking improved current correlators to avoid the pollution from the twist-3 wave function. We get consistent results of the D＋ → η^（＇）l＋νl decays with the experimental data. By comparing the difference between the results of the branching ratios of D＋ → η^（＇）l＋νl from a two-pole parameterization model and from a BZ parameterization model, we find that the two-pole model and the BZ model are comparably believable. One way is supposed for the determination of the η-η mixing angle from the dependence of the branching ratios of D＋ → η^（＇）l＋νl decays on the η-η mixing angle.

Higher-twist corrections to the D→π,K form factors from light-cone sum rules

We calculate the D→P transition form factors within the framework of the light-cone QCD sum rules(LCSR)with the D-meson light-cone distribution amplitudes(LCDAs).The next-to-leading power(NLP)corrections to the vacuum-to-D-meson correlation function are considered,and the NLP corrections from the high-twist D-meson LCDAs and the SU(3)breaking effect from a strange quark mass are investigated.Adopting the exponential model of the D-meson LCDAs,the SU(3)flavor symmetry breaking effects are predicted as R+,0 SU(3)=1.12 and R T SU(3)=1.39,respectively,confirming the results obtained from LCSR with pion LCDA.The numerical predictions of the form factors show that the contribution from two-particle higher-twist contributions is of great importance and the uncertainties are dominated by the inverse moment ofϕ+D(ω,μ).With the obtained form factors,the predicted Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa(CKM)matrix elements are|Vcd|=0.151+0.091−0.043|th.+0.017−0.02|exp.and|Vcs|=0.89+0.467−0.234|th.+0.008−0.008|exp..

D^*Dρ and B^*Bρ strong couplings in light-cone sum rules

We present an improved calculation of the strong coupling constants gD*Dp and gB*Bp in light-cone sum rules,including one-loop QCD corrections of leading power with meson distribution amplitudes.We further compute subleading-power corrections from two-particle and three-particle higher-twist contributions at leading order up to twist-4 accuracy.The next-to-leading order corrections to the leading power contribution numerically offset the subleading-power corrections to a certain extent,and our numerical results are consistent with those of previous studies on sum rules.A comparison between our results and existing model-dependent estimations is also made.