In this short review we present and discuss all the experimental information about the charged exotic charmonium states, which have been observed over the last five years. We try to understand their properties such as masses and decay widths with QCD
sum rules. We describe this method, show the results and compare them with the experimental data and with other theoretical approaches.
Very recently it was predicted the existence of a charged state near the $D_sbar{D}^*/D^*_sbar{D}$ threshold. This state, that we call $Z_{cs}^+$, would be the strange partner of the recently observed $Z_c^pm(3900)$. Using standard techniques of QCD
sum rules, we evaluate the three-point function for the vertices $Z_{cs}^+ , J/psi , K^+$, $Z_{cs}^+ , eta_c , K^{*+}$ and $Z_{cs}^+ , D_s^+bar{D}^{*0}$ and we make predictions for the corresponding decay widths in these channels.
We identify the recently observed charmonium-like structure $Z_c^pm(3900)$ as the charged partner of the X(3872) state. Using standard techniques of QCD sum rules, we evaluate the three-point function and extract the coupling constants of the $Z_c ,
J/psi , pi^+$ and $Z_c , eta_c , rho^+$ vertices and the corresponding decay widths in these channels. The good agreement with the experimental data gives support to the tetraquark picture of this state.
We discuss the possibility of observing a loosely bound molecular state in a B three-body hadronic decay. In particular we use the QCD sum rule approach to study a $eta^prime-pi$ molecular current. We consider an isovector-scalar $I^G J^{PC}= 1^-~0^{
++}$ molecular current and we use the two-point and three-point functions to study the mass and decay width of such state. We consider the contributions of condensates up to dimension six and we work at leading order in $alpha_s$. We obtain a mass around 1.1 GeV, consistent with a loosely bound state, and a $eta^prime-pirightarrow K^+ K^-$ decay width around 10 MeV.
Using the QCD sum rules we test if the charmonium-like structure Y(4260), observed in the $J/psipipi$ invariant mass spectrum, can be described with a $J/psi f_0(980)$ molecular current with $J^{PC}=1^{--}$. We consider the contributions of condensat
es up to dimension six and we work at leading order in $alpha_s$. We keep terms which are linear in the strange quark mass $m_s$. The mass obtained for such state is $m_{Y}=(4.67pm 0.09)$ GeV, when the vector and scalar mesons are in color singlet configurations. We conclude that the proposed current can better describe the Y(4660) state that could be interpreted as a $Psi(2S) f_0(980)$ molecular state. We also use different $J^{PC}=1^{--}$ currents to study the recently observed $Y_b(10890)$ state. Our findings indicate that the $Y_b(10890)$ can be well described by a scalar-vector tetraquark current.
We have studied, using double ratio of QCD (spectral) sum rules, the ratio between the masses of $T_{cc}$ and X(3872) assuming that they are respectively described by the $D-{D}^*$ and $D-bar{D}^*$ molecular currents. We found (within our approximati
on) that the masses of these two states are almost degenerate. Since the pion exchange interaction between these mesons is exactly the same, we conclude that if the observed X(3872) meson is a $Dbar{D}^*+c.c.$ molecule, then the $DD^*$ molecule should also exist with approximately the same mass. An extension of the analysis to the $b$-quark case leads to the same conclusion. We also study the SU(3) breakings for the $T^s_{QQ}/T_{QQ}$ mass ratios. Motivated by the recent Belle observation of two $Z_b$ states, we revise our determination of $X_b$ by combining results from exponential and FESR sum rules.
We review the calculations of form factors and coupling constants in vertices with charm mesons in the framework of QCD sum rules. We first discuss the motivation for this work, describing possible applications of these form factors to heavy ion coll
isions and to B decays. We then present an introduction to the method of QCD sum rules and describe how to work with the three-point function. We give special attention to the procedure employed to extrapolate results obtained in the deep euclidean region to the poles of the particles, located in the time-like region. We present a table of ready-to-use parametrizations of all the form factors, which are relevant for the processes mentioned in the introduction. We discuss the uncertainties in our results. We also give the coupling constants and compare them with estimates obtained with other methods. Finally we apply our results to the calculation of the cross section of the reaction $J/psi + pi rightarrow D + bar{D^*}$.
Using the QCD spectral sum rule approach we investigate different currents with $J^{PC}=1^{++}$, which could be associated with the $X(3872)$ meson. Our results indicate that, with a four-quark or molecular structure, it is very difficult to explain
the narrow width of the state unless the quarks have a special color configuration.
We evaluate the mass of the $B_{s0}$ scalar meson and the coupling constant in the $B_{s0} B K$ vertex in the framework of QCD sum rules. We consider the $B_{s0}$ as a tetraquark state to evaluate its mass. We get $m_{B_s0}=(6.04pm 0.08) GeV$, which
is bigger than predictions supposing it as a $bbar{s}$ state or a $Bbar{K}$ bound state with $J^{P}=0^+$. To evaluate the $g_{B_{s0}B K}$ coupling we use the three point correlation functions of the vertex, considering $ B_{s0} $ as a normal $bbar{s}$ state. The obtained coupling constant is: $g_{B_{s0} B K} =(16.3 pm 3.2) GeV$. This number is in agreement with light-cone QCD sum rules calculation. We have also compared the decay width of the $BSto BK$ process considering the $BS$ to be a $bbar{s}$ state and a $BK$ molecular state. The width obtained for the $BK$ molecular state is twice as big as the width obtained for the $bbar{s}$ state. Therefore, we conclude that with the knowledge of the mass and the decay width of the $BS$ meson, one can discriminate between the different theoretical proposals for its structure.
Using the QCD sum rules we test if the new narrow structure, the X(4350) recently observed by the Belle Collaboration, can be described as a $J^{PC}=1^{-+}$ exotic $D_s^*D_{s0}^*$ molecular state. We consider the contributions of condensates up to di
mension eight, we work at leading order in $alpha_s$ and we keep terms which are linear in the strange quark mass $m_s$. The mass obtained for such state is $m_{D_s^*{D}_{s0}^*}=(5.05pm 0.19)$ GeV. We also consider a molecular $1^{-+}, D^{*}{D}_0^{*}$ current and we obtain $m_{D^*{D}_0^*}=(4.92pm 0.08)$ GeV. We conclude that it is not possible to describe the X(4350) structure as a $1^{-+} D_s^*{D}_{s0}^*$ molecular state.
