Reanalysis of the newly observed $Omega^*$ state in hadronic molecule model


Abstract in English

After the discovery of the new $Omega^{*}$ state, the ratio of the branching fractions of $Omega(2012)to bar{K}piXi$ relative to $bar{K}Xi$ decay channel was investigated by the Belle Collaboration recently. The measured $11.9%$ up limit on this ratio is in sharp tension with the $S$-wave $bar{K}Xi(1530)$ molecule interpretation for $Omega(2012)$ which indicates the dominant $bar{K}piXi$ three-body decay. In the present work, we try to explore the possibility of the $P$-wave molecule assignments for $Omega(2012)$ (where $Omega(2012)$ has positive parity). It is found that the latest experimental measurements are compatible with the $1/2^+$ and $3/2^+$ $bar{K}Xi(1530)$ molecular pictures, while the $5/2^+$ $bar{K}Xi(1530)$ molecule shows the larger $bar{K}piXi$ three-body decay compared with the $bar{K}Xi$ decay as the case of $S$-wave molecule. Thus, the newly observed $Omega(2012)$ can be interpreted as the $1/2^+$ or $3/2^+$ $bar{K}Xi(1530)$ molecule state according to current experiment data.

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