https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2017-12199-3
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Triply heavy tetraquark states with the 
configuration
1
School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, China
2
Research Center for Hadron and CSR Physics, Lanzhou University and Institute of Modern Physics of CAS, 730000, Lanzhou, China
3
School of Physics and Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation (MOE), Shandong University, 250100, Jinan, China
4
School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China
5
Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, 100871, Beijing, China
6
Center of High Energy Physics, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China
* e-mail: yrliu@sdu.edu.cn
Received:
24
September
2016
Accepted:
23
December
2016
Published online:
16
January
2017
In the framework of the color-magnetic interaction, we systematically investigate the mass splittings of the tetraquark states and estimate their rough masses in this work. These systems include the explicitly exotic states 
and 
and the hidden exotic states 
, 
, 
, and 
. If a state around the estimated mass region can be observed, its nature as a genuine tetraquark is favored. The strong decay patterns shown here will be helpful to the experimental search for these exotic states.
© SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2017
