https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00650-1
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Forming molecular states with hadronic rescattering
1
Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, 45221, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2
Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, Sölvegatan 14A, 22362, Lund, Sweden
Received:
23
August
2021
Accepted:
3
December
2021
Published online:
7
January
2022
A method for modelling the prompt production of molecular states using the hadronic rescattering framework of the general-purpose Pythia event generator is introduced. Production cross sections of possible exotic hadronic molecules via hadronic rescattering at the LHC are calculated for the resonance, a possible tetraquark state, as well as three possible pentaquark states,
,
, and
. For the
states, the expected cross section from
decays is compared to the hadronic-rescattering production. The
cross section is compared to the fiducial
cross-section measurement by LHCb and found to contribute at a level of
. Finally, the expected yields of
production from hadronic rescattering during Run 3 of LHCb are estimated. The prompt background is found to be significantly larger than the prompt
signal from hadronic rescattering.
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