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We revisit the short-range baryon-baryon potentials in the flavor SU(3) sector, using the constituent quark model. We employ the color Coulomb, linear confining, and color magnetic forces between two constituent quarks, and solve the three-quark Schr\"{o}dinger equation using the Gaussian expansion method to evaluate the wave functions of the octet $( N , \Lambda , \Sigma , \Xi )$ and decuplet $( \Delta , \Sigma ^{\ast} , \Xi ^{\ast} , \Omega )$ baryons. We then solve the six-quark equation using the resonating group method and systematically calculate equivalent local potentials for the $S$-wave two-baryon systems which reproduce the relative wave functions of two baryons in the resonating group method. As a result, we find that the flavor antidecuplet states with total spin $J = 3$, namely, $\Delta \Delta$, $\Delta \Sigma ^{\ast}$, $\Delta \Xi ^{\ast}$-$\Sigma ^{\ast} \Sigma ^{\ast}$, and $\Delta \Omega$-$\Sigma ^{\ast} \Xi ^{\ast}$ systems, have attractive potentials sufficient to generate dibaryon bound states as hadronic molecules. In addition, the $N \Omega$ system with $J = 2$ in coupled channels has a strong attraction and forms a bound state. We also make a comparison with the baryon-baryon potentials from lattice QCD simulations and try to understand the behavior of the potentials from lattice QCD simulations., Comment: Version accepted for publication in Physical Review C. Parameters, especially the constituent quark masses, have been refined. All of the explicit potential values in our model are provided in the ancillary files

The J-PARC Hadron Experimental Facility was constructed with an aim to explore the origin and evolution of matter in the universe through the experiments with intense particle beams. In the past decade, many results on particle and nuclear physics have been obtained at the present facility. To expand the physics programs to unexplored regions never achieved, the extension project of the Hadron Experimental Facility has been extensively discussed. This white paper presents the physics of the extension of the Hadron Experimental Facility for resolving the issues in the fields of the strangeness nuclear physics, hadron physics, and flavor physics., Comment: 261 pages, 186 figures

The meson-baryon molecular components for the $N^{\ast}$ and $\Delta ^{\ast}$ resonances are investigated in terms of the compositeness, which is defined as the norm of the two-body wave function from the meson-baryon scattering amplitudes. The scattering amplitudes are constructed in a $\pi N$-$\eta N$-$\sigma N$-$\rho N$-$\pi \Delta$ coupled-channels problem in a meson exchange model together with several bare $N^{\ast}$ and $\Delta ^{\ast}$ states, and parameters are fitted so as to reproduce the on-shell $\pi N$ partial wave amplitudes up to the center-of-mass energy 1.9 GeV with the orbital angular momentum $L \le 2$. As a result, the Roper resonance $N (1440)$ is found to be dominated by the $\pi N$ and $\sigma N$ molecular components while the bare-state contribution is small. The squared wave functions in coordinate space imply that both in the $\pi N$ and $\sigma N$ channels the separation between the meson and baryon is about more than 1 fm for the $N (1440)$ resonance. On the other hand, dominant meson-baryon molecular components are not observed in any other $N^{\ast}$ and $\Delta ^{\ast}$ resonances in the present model, although they have some fractions of the meson-baryon clouds., Comment: 20 pages, 5 figures, version accepted for publication in PRC, parameters are updated, description of the discussion part is improved

We investigate theoretically the $K^{0} p$ invariant mass spectrum of the $K^{+} d \to K^{0} p p$ reaction and scrutinize how the signal of the "$\Theta ^{+}$" pentaquark, if it exists, emerges in the $K^{0} p$ spectrum. The most prominent advantage of this reaction is that we can clearly judge whether the "$\Theta ^{+}$" exists or not as a direct-formation production without significant backgrounds, in contrast to other reactions such as photoproduction and $\pi$-induced productions. We show that while the impulse or single-step scattering process can cover the "$\Theta ^{+}$" energy region with an initial kaon momentum $k_{\mathrm{lab}} \approx 0.40\, \mathrm{GeV} / c$ in the laboratory frame, the contributions from double-step processes may have a potential possibility to reach the "$\Theta ^{+}$" energy region with a higher kaon momentum $k_{\mathrm{lab}} \sim 1 \, \mathrm{GeV} / c$. Assuming that the full decay width of the "$\Theta ^{+}$" is around $0.5\, \mathrm{MeV}$, we predict that the magnitude of the peak corresponding to the "$\Theta^+$" is around a few hundred $\mu \mathrm{b}$ to $1\, \mathrm{mb}$ with the momentum of the kaon beam $k_{\mathrm{lab}} \approx 0.40\, \mathrm{GeV} / c$ while it is around $\lesssim 1\, \mu \mathrm{b}$ with $k_{\mathrm{lab}} \approx 0.85\, \mathrm{GeV} / c$. Thus, the "$\Theta^+$" peak is more likely to be seen at $k_{\mathrm{lab}} \approx 0.40\, \mathrm{GeV} / c$ than at $k_{\mathrm{lab}} \approx 0.85 \,\mathrm{GeV} / c$., Comment: 14 pages. 11 figures. Three more figures are included and the text was revised

Based on the scenario that a $\bar{K} N N$ bound state is generated and it eventually decays into $\Lambda p$, we calculate the cross section of the $K^{-} {}^{3} \text{He} \to \Lambda p n$ reaction, which was recently measured in the J-PARC E15 experiment. We find that the behavior of the calculated differential cross section $d ^{2} \sigma / d M_{\Lambda p} d q_{\Lambda p}$, where $M_{\Lambda p}$ and $q_{\Lambda p}$ are the $\Lambda p$ invariant mass and momentum transfer in the $(K^{-} , \, n)$ reaction in the laboratory frame, respectively, is consistent with the experiment. Furthermore, we can reproduce almost quantitatively the experimental data of the $\Lambda p$ invariant mass spectrum in the momentum transfer window $350 \text{ MeV} /c < q_{\Lambda p} < 650 \text{ MeV} /c$. These facts strongly suggest that the $\bar{K} N N$ bound state was indeed generated in the J-PARC E15 experiment., Comment: 4 pages, 4 EPS figures, talk given at the 8th International Conference on Quarks and Nuclear Physics (QNP2018), Tsukuba, Japan, 13-17 November, 2018

We predict a new three-body hadronic molecule composed of antikaon $\bar{K}$, anticharm meson $\bar{D}$, and nucleon $N$ with spin/parity $J^{P} = 1/2^{+}$ and isospin $I = 1/2$. This state behaves like an explicit pentaquark state because its minimal quark configuration is $u u d s \bar{c}$ or $u d d s \bar{c}$. Owing to the attraction between every pair of two hadrons, in particular the $\bar{K}\bar{D}$ attraction which dynamically generates $D_{s 0} (2317)^{-}$ and $\bar{K} N$ attraction which dynamically generates $\Lambda (1405)$, the $\bar{K}\bar{D} N$ system is bound, and its eigenenergy is calculated as $3244 - 17 i$ MeV in a nonrelativistic three-body potential model. We discuss properties of this $\bar{K} \bar{D} N$ quasibound state which emerge uniquely in three-body dynamics., Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures

Based on a baryon-baryon interaction model with meson exchanges, we investigate the origin of the strong attraction in the $N \Omega ( {}^{5}S_{2} )$ interaction, which was indicated by recent lattice QCD simulations. The long range part of the potential is constructed by the conventional mechanisms, the exchanges of the $\eta$ meson and of the correlated two mesons in the scalar-isoscalar channel, denoted by "$\sigma$" in the literature. The short range part is represented by the contact interaction. We find that the meson exchanges do not provide sufficient attraction. This means that most of the attraction is attributed to the short range contact interaction. We then evaluate the effect of the coupled channels to the $N \Omega ( {}^{5}S_{2} )$ interaction. We find that, while the $D$-wave mixing of the $N \Omega$ channel is negligible, the inelastic $\Lambda \Xi$, $\Sigma \Xi$, and $\Lambda \Xi (1530)$ channels via the $K$ meson exchange give the attraction of the $N \Omega ( {}^{5}S_{2} )$ interaction to the same level with the elastic meson exchanges. Although the elimination of these channels induces the energy dependence of the single-channel $N \Omega$ interaction, this effect is not significant. With the present model parameters fitted to reproduce the scattering length of the HAL QCD result of the nearly physical quark masses, we obtain the $N \Omega ( {}^{5}S_{2} )$ quasibound state with its eigenenergy $2611.3 - 0.7 i$ MeV, which corresponds to the binding energy $0.1$ MeV and width $1.5$ MeV for the decay to the $\Lambda \Xi$ and $\Sigma \Xi$ channels. From the analysis of the spatial structure and the compositeness, the quasibound state is shown to be the molecular state of $N\Omega$. We also construct an equivalent local potential for the $N \Omega ( {}^{5}S_{2} )$ system which is useful for various applications., Comment: 22 pages, 17 eps figures

We theoretically analyze the $K^{-} {}^{3} \text{He} \to \Lambda p n$ reaction for the $\bar{K} N N$ bound-state search in the J-PARC E15 experiment. We find that, by detecting a fast and forward neutron in the final state, an almost on-shell $\bar{K}$ is guaranteed, which is essential to make a bound state with two nucleons from ${}^{3} \text{He}$. Then, this almost on-shell $\bar{K}$ can bring a signal of the $\bar{K} N N$ bound state in the $\Lambda p$ invariant-mass spectrum, although it inevitably brings a kinematic peak above the $\bar{K} N N$ threshold as well. As a consequence, we predict two peaks across the $\bar{K} N N$ threshold in the spectrum: the lower peak coming from the $\bar{K} N N$ bound state, and the higher one originating from the kinematics., Comment: 4 pages, 4 EPS figures, talk given at XVII International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy and Structure (Hadron2017), Salamanca, Spain, 25-29 September, 2017

We theoretically investigate a possibility of an $\eta ^{\prime} d$ bound state and its formation in the $\gamma d \to \eta d$ reaction. First, in the fixed center approximation to the Faddeev equations we obtain an $\eta ^{\prime} d$ bound state with a binding energy of 25 MeV and width of 19 MeV, where we take the $\eta ^{\prime} N$ interaction with a coupling to the $\eta N$ channel from the linear $\sigma$ model. Then, in order to investigate the feasibility from an experimental point of view, we calculate the cross section of the $\gamma d \to \eta d$ reaction at the photon energy in the laboratory frame around 1.2 GeV. As a result, we find a clear peak structure with the strength $\sim$ 0.2 nb/sr, corresponding to a signal of the $\eta ^{\prime} d$ bound state in case of backward $\eta$ emission. This structure will be prominent because a background contribution coming from single-step $\eta$ emission off a bound nucleon is highly suppressed. In addition, the signal can be seen even in case of forward $\eta$ emission as a bump or dip, depending on the relative phase between the bound-state formation and the single-step background., Comment: 9 pages, 13 eps figures, version accepted for publication in PRC, description of the discussion part is improved

Recently a peak structure was observed near the $K^{-} p p$ threshold in the in-flight ${}^{3} {\rm He} (K^{-} , \, \Lambda p) n$ reaction of the E15 experiment at J-PARC, which could be a signal of a $\bar{K} N N$ bound state. In order to investigate what is the origin of this peak, we calculate the cross section of this reaction, in particular based on the scenario that the $\bar{K} N N$ bound state is indeed generated and decays into $\Lambda p$. We find that the numerical result of the $\Lambda p$ invariant-mass spectrum in the $\bar{K} N N$ bound scenario is consistent with the J-PARC E15 data., Comment: 6 pages, 6 EPS figures, talk given at the 2nd Jagiellonian Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Subatomic Physics, Krakow, Poland, 4-9 June, 2017

Recently, the compositeness, defined as the norm of a two-body wave function for bound and resonance states, has been investigated to discuss the internal structure of hadrons in terms of hadronic molecular components. From the studies of the compositeness, it has been clarified that the two-body wave function of a bound state can be extracted from the residue of the scattering amplitude at the bound state pole. Of special interest is that the two-body wave function from the scattering amplitude is automatically normalized. In particular, while the compositeness is unity for energy-independent interactions, it deviates from unity for energy-dependent interactions, which can be interpreted as a missing-channel contribution. In this manuscript, we show the formulation of the two-body wave function from the scattering amplitude, evaluate the compositeness for several dynamically generated resonances such as $f_{0} (980)$, $\Lambda (1405)$, and $\Xi (1690)$, and investigate their internal structure in terms of the hadronic molecular components., Comment: 8 pages, 2 eps figures, talk given at the International Nuclear Physics Conference 2016 (INPC2016), Adelaide, Australia, 11-16 Sep. 2016

Heavy ion collisions (HIC) at high energies are excellent ways for producing heavy hadrons and composite particles. With upgraded detectors at RHIC and LHC, it has become possible to measure hadrons beyond their ground states. Therefore, HIC provide a new method for studying exotic hadrons that are either hadronic molecular states or compact multiquark systems. Because their structures are related to the fundamental properties of QCD, studying exotic hadrons is currently one of the most active areas of research in hadron physics. Experiments carried out at various accelerator facilities have indicated that some exotic hadrons may have already been produced. The present review is a summary of the current understanding of a selected set of exotic particle candidates that can be potentially measured in HIC. It also includes discussions on the production of exotic hadrons in HIC based on the coalescence and statistical models. A more detailed discussion leads to the conclusion that the yield of a hadron is typically an order of magnitude smaller when it is a compact multiquark state than that of an excited hadronic state with normal quark numbers and/or a molecular configuration. Attention is also given to some of the proposed heavy exotic hadrons that could be produced with sufficient abundance in HIC because of the significant numbers of charm and bottom quarks produced at RHIC and LHC, making it possible to study them in these experiments. Further included in the discussion are the general formalism for the coalescence model that involves resonance particles and its implication on the present estimated yield for resonance production. Finally, a review is given on recent studies to constrain the hadron-hadron interaction through correlation measurements in HIC and their implications on the interpretation and the possible existence of exotic states in hadronic interactions., Comment: 74 pages, 13 figures

We theoretically investigate the origin of the peak structure around the $K^{-} p p$ threshold observed in the in-flight ${}^{3}\text{He} ( K^{-} , \, \Lambda p ) n$ reaction in the recent E15 experiment at J-PARC. For this purpose, we consider two scenarios to produce the peak. One is that the $\Lambda (1405)$ is generated but it does not correlate with $p$, and the uncorrelated $\Lambda (1405) p$ system subsequently decays into $\Lambda p$. The other one is that the $\bar{K} N N$ bound state is indeed generated and decays into $\Lambda p$. As a result, the experimental signal is qualitatively well reproduced in the $\bar{K} N N$ bound scenario, definitely discarding the uncorrelated $\Lambda (1405) p$ one., Comment: 5 pages, 9 EPS figures, talk given at the 14th International Conference on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon (MENU2016), Kyoto, Japan, 25-30 July. 2016

For a general two-body bound state in quantum mechanics, both in the stable and decaying cases, we establish a way to extract its two-body wave function in momentum space from the scattering amplitude of the constituent two particles. For this purpose, we first show that the two-body wave function of the bound state corresponds to the residue of the off-shell scattering amplitude at the bound state pole. Then, we examine our scheme to extract the two-body wave function from the scattering amplitude in several schematic models. As a result, the two-body wave functions from the Lippmann--Schwinger equation coincides with that from the Schr\"{o}dinger equation for an energy-independent interaction. Of special interest is that the two-body wave function from the scattering amplitude is automatically scaled; the norm of the two-body wave function, to which we refer as the compositeness, is unity for an energy-independent interaction, while the compositeness deviates from unity for an energy-dependent interaction, which can be interpreted to implement missing channel contributions. We also discuss general properties of the two-body wave function and compositeness for bound states in the schematic models., Comment: 18 pages, 14 eps files; version accepted for publication in PRC; Section IID is added to discuss the model dependence of the compositeness

We show that the $\Xi (1690)$ resonance can be dynamically generated in the $s$-wave $\bar{K} \Sigma$-$\bar{K} \Lambda$-$\pi \Xi$-$\eta \Xi$ coupled-channels chiral unitary approach. In our model, the $\Xi (1690)$ resonance appears near the $\bar{K} \Sigma$ threshold as a $\bar{K} \Sigma$ molecular state and the experimental data are reproduced well. We discuss properties of the dynamically generated $\Xi (1690)$., Comment: 4 pages, 4 EPS figures, talk given at the 12th International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics (HYP2015), Tohoku, Japan, 7-12 Sep. 2015

A theoretical investigation is done to clarify the origin of the peak structure observed near the $K^{-} p p$ threshold in the in-flight ${}^{3}\text{He} ( K^{-}, \, \Lambda p ) n$ reaction of the J-PARC E15 experiment, which could be a signal of the lightest kaonic nuclei, that is, the $\bar{K} N N (I=1/2)$ state. For the investigation, we evaluate the $\Lambda p$ invariant mass spectrum assuming two possible scenarios to interpret the experimental peak. One assumes that the $\Lambda (1405)$ resonance is generated after the emission of an energetic neutron from the absorption of the initial $K^-$, not forming a bound state with the remaining proton. This uncorrelated $\Lambda (1405) p$ system subsequently decays into the final $\Lambda p$. The other scenario implies that, after the emission of the energetic neutron, a $\bar{K} N N$ bound state is formed, decaying eventually into a $\Lambda p$ pair. Our results show that the experimental signal observed in the in-flight ${}^{3}\text{He} ( K^{-} , \, \Lambda p ) n$ reaction at J-PARC is qualitatively well reproduced by the assumption that a $\bar{K} N N$ bound state is generated in the reaction, definitely discarding the interpretation in terms of an uncorrelated $\Lambda (1405) p$ state., Comment: 27 pages, 18 EPS figures, version accepted for publication in PTEP, discussions on numerical results improved

Possibilities of observing a signal of an $\eta ^{\prime} n$ bound state are investigated by considering photoproductions of the $\eta$ and $\eta ^{\prime}$ mesons on a deuteron target with forward proton emission. For this purpose, we take the $\eta ^{\prime} n$ interaction from the linear sigma model with a coupling to $\eta n$, in which an $s$-wave $\eta ^{\prime} n$ bound state can be dynamically generated, and we fix the $\gamma p \to \eta p$ and $\eta ^{\prime} p$ scattering amplitudes so as to reproduce the experimental cross sections with forward proton emission. By using these $\gamma p \to \eta ^{( \prime )} p$ and $\eta ^{( \prime )} n \to \eta ^{( \prime )} n$ amplitudes, we calculate cross sections of the $\gamma d \to \eta n p$ and $\eta ^{\prime} n p$ reactions with forward proton emission in single and $\eta ^{(\prime )}$-exchange double scattering processes. As a result, we find that the signal of the $\eta ^{\prime} n$ bound state can be seen below the $\eta ^{\prime} n$ threshold in the $\eta n$ invariant mass spectrum of the $\gamma d \to \eta n p$ reaction and is comparable with the contribution from the quasifree $\eta ^{\prime}$ production above the $\eta ^{\prime} n$ threshold. We also discuss the behavior of the signal of the $\eta ^{\prime} n$ bound state in several experimental conditions and model parameters., Comment: 11 pages, 15 EPS figures, version accepted for publication in PRC, a numerical error in Fig. 10 corrected, discussion on the eta^prime N amplitude improved

In this review we give a perspective of the theoretical work done recently on the interpretation of results from $B$, $D$, $\Lambda_b$, $\Lambda_c$ weak decays into final states that contain interacting hadrons, and how it is possible to obtain additional valuable information that is increasing our understanding of hadron interactions and the nature of many hadronic resonances. The novelty of these processes is that one begins with a clean picture at the quark level which allows one to select the basic mechanisms by means of which the process proceeds. Finally, one has a final state described in terms of quarks. To make contact with the experiments, where mesons and baryons are observed, one must hadronize, creating pairs of $q \bar q$ and writing the new states in terms of mesons and baryons. This concludes the primary hadron production in these processes. After that, the interaction of these hadrons takes place, offering a rich spectrum of resonances and special features from where it is possible to learn much about the interaction of these hadrons and the nature of many resonances in terms of the components of their wave functions., Comment: Review paper comissioned for International Journal of Modern Physics E

We analyze the CLAS data on the photoproduction of hyperon resonances, as well as the available data for the ground state $\Lambda$ and $\Sigma ^{0}$ of the CLAS and SLAC-E84 collaborations, by considering constituent-counting rule suggested by perturbative QCD. The counting rule emerges as a scaling behavior of cross sections in hard exclusive reactions with large scattering angles, and it enables us to determine the number of elementary constituents inside hadrons. Therefore, it could be used as a new method for identifying internal constituents of exotic-hadron candidates. From the analyses of the $\gamma \, p \to K^{+} \Lambda$ and $K^{+} \Sigma ^{0}$ reactions, we find that the number of the elementary constituents is consistent with $n_{\gamma} = 1$, $n_{p} = 3$, $n_{K^{+}} = 2$, and $n_{\Lambda} = n_{\Sigma ^{0}} = 3$. Then, the analysis is made for the photoproductions of the hyperon resonances $\Lambda (1405)$, $\Sigma (1385)^{0}$, and $\Lambda (1520)$, where $\Lambda (1405)$ is considered to be a $\bar K N$ molecule and hence its constituent number could be five. However, we find that the current data are not enough to conclude the numbers of their constituent. It is necessary to investigate the higher-energy region at $\sqrt{s} > 2.8$ GeV experimentally beyond the energy of the available CLAS data for counting the number of constituents clearly. We also mention that our results indicate energy dependence in the constituent number, especially for $\Lambda (1405)$. If an excited hyperon is a mixture of three-quark and five-quark states, the energy dependence of the scaling behavior could be valuable for finding its composition and mixture., Comment: 7 pages, 9 eps figures, version accepted for publication in PRD, discussions improved

We present a formulation of the compositeness for baryonic resonances in order to discuss the meson-baryon molecular structure inside the resonances. For this purpose, we derive a relation between the residue of the scattering amplitude at the resonance pole position and the two-body wave function of the resonance in a sophisticated way, and we define the compositeness as the norm of the two-body wave functions. As applications, we investigate the compositeness of the $\Delta (1232)$, $N (1535)$, and $N (1650)$ resonances from precise $\pi N$ scattering amplitudes in a unitarized chiral framework with the interaction up to the next-to-leading order in chiral perturbation theory. The $\pi N$ compositeness for the $\Delta (1232)$ resonance is evaluated in the $\pi N$ single-channel scattering, and we find that the $\pi N$ component inside $\Delta (1232)$ in the present framework is nonnegligible, which supports the previous work. On the other hand, the compositeness for the $N (1535)$ and $N (1650)$ resonances is evaluated in a coupled-channels approach, resulting that the $\pi N$, $\eta N$, $K \Lambda$ and $K \Sigma$ components are negligible for these resonances., Comment: 23 pages, 7 eps figures, version accepted for publication in PRC, discussions improved

We evaluate the $\pi N$ compositeness of the $\Delta (1232)$ resonance so as to clarify the internal structure of $\Delta (1232)$ in terms of the $\pi N$ component. Here the compositeness is defined as contributions from two-body wave functions to the normalization of the total wave function and is extracted from the $\pi N$ scattering amplitude. In this study we employ the chiral unitary approach with the interaction up to the next-to-leading order plus a bare $\Delta$ term in chiral perturbation theory and describe $\Delta (1232)$ in an elastic $\pi N$ scattering. Fitting the $\pi N$ scattering amplitude to the solution of the partial wave analysis, we obtain a large real part of the $\pi N$ compositeness for $\Delta (1232)$ comparable to unity and non-negligible imaginary part as well, with which we reconfirm the result in the previous study on the $\pi N$ compositeness for $\Delta (1232)$., Comment: 4 pages, 1 eps figure, talk given at the 10th International Workshop on the Physics of Excited Nucleons (NSTAR2015), Osaka, Japan, 25-28 May 2015

We study the semileptonic decays of $D_{s}^{+}$, $D^{+}$, and $D^{0}$ mesons into the light scalar mesons [$f_{0} (500)$, $K_{0}^{\ast} (800)$, $f_{0} (980)$, and $a_{0}(980)$] and the light vector mesons [$\rho (770)$, $\omega (782)$, $K^{\ast} (892)$, and $\phi (1020)$]. With the help of a chiral unitarity approach in coupled channels, we compute the branching fractions for scalar meson processes of the semileptonic $D$ decays in a simple way. Using current known values of the branching fractions, we make predictions for the branching fractions of the semileptonic decay modes with other scalar and vector mesons. Furthermore, we calculate the $\pi ^{+} \pi ^{-}$, $\pi \eta$, $\pi K$, and $K^{+} K^{-}$ invariant mass distributions in the semileptonic decays of $D$ mesons, which will help us clarify the nature of the light scalar mesons., Comment: 17 pages, 11 eps figures, version accepted for publication in PRD, several references added

We show that a $\Xi ^{\ast}$ pole can be dynamically generated near the $\bar{K} \Sigma$ threshold as an $s$-wave $\bar{K} \Sigma$ molecular state in a coupled-channels unitary approach with the leading-order chiral interaction. This $\Xi ^{\ast}$ state can be identified with the $\Xi (1690)$ resonance with $J^{P} = 1/2^{-}$. We find that the experimental $\bar{K}^{0} \Lambda$ and $K^{-} \Sigma ^{+}$ mass spectra are qualitatively reproduced with the $\Xi ^{\ast}$ state. Moreover we theoretically investigate properties of the dynamically generated $\Xi ^{\ast}$ state., Comment: 10 pages, 3 eps files, version accepted for publication in PTEP

We develop a theoretical framework to investigate the two-body composite structure of a resonance as well as a bound state from its wave function. For this purpose, we introduce both one-body bare states and two-body scattering states, and define the compositeness as a fraction of the contribution of the two-body wave function to the normalization of the total wave function. Writing down explicitly the wave function for a resonance state obtained with a general separable interaction, we formulate the compositeness in terms of the position of the resonance pole, the residue of the scattering amplitude at the pole and the derivative of the Green function of the free two-body scattering system. At the same time, our formulation provides the elementariness expressed with the resonance properties and the two-body effective interaction, and confirms the sum rule showing that the summation of the compositeness and elementariness gives unity. In this formulation the Weinberg's relation for the scattering length and effective range can be derived in the weak binding limit. The extension to the resonance states is performed with the Gamow vector, and a relativistic formulation is also established. As its applications, we study the compositeness of the $\Lambda (1405)$ resonance and the light scalar and vector mesons described with refined amplitudes in coupled-channel models with interactions up to the next to leading order in chiral perturbation theory. We find that $\Lambda (1405)$ and $f_{0}(980)$ are dominated by the $\bar{K} N$ and $K \bar{K}$ composite states, respectively, while the vector mesons $\rho (770)$ and $K^{\ast} (892)$ are elementary. We also briefly discuss the compositeness of $N (1535)$ and $\Lambda (1670)$ obtained in a leading-order chiral unitary approach., Comment: 34 pages, 1 figure, version accepted for publication in PTEP

The structures of the hyperon resonance $\Lambda (1405)$ and the scalar mesons $\sigma$, $f_{0}(980)$, and $a_{0}(980)$ are investigated based on the coupled-channels chiral dynamics with finite volume effect. The finite volume effect is utilized to extract the coupling constant, compositeness, and mean squared distance between two constituents of a Feshbach resonance state as well as a stable bound state. In this framework, the real-valued size of the resonance can be defined from the downward shift of the resonance pole according to the decreasing finite box size $L$ on a given closed channel. As a result, we observe that, when putting the $\bar{K}N$ and $K\bar{K}$ channels into a finite box while other channels being unchanged, the poles of the higher $\Lambda (1405)$ and $f_{0}(980)$ move to lower energies while other poles do not show downward mass shift, which implies large $\bar{K}N$ and $K\bar{K}$ components inside higher $\Lambda (1405)$ and $f_{0}(980)$, respectively. Extracting structures of $\Lambda (1405)$ and $f_{0}(980)$ in our method, we find that the compositeness of $\bar{K}N$ ($K\bar{K}$) inside $\Lambda (1405)$ [$f_{0}(980)$] is 0.82-1.03 (0.73-0.97) and the mean distance between two constituents is evaluated as 1.7-1.9 fm (2.6-3.0 fm)., Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure, talk given at XV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy (Hadron 2013), Nara, Japan, 4-8 November 2013

An approach to evaluation of the smooth Feynman path integrals is developed for the study of quantum fluctuations of particles and fields in Euclidean time-space. The paths are described by sum of Gauss functions and are weighted with exp(-S) by appropriate methods. The weighted smooth paths reproduce properties of the ground state of the harmonic oscillator in one dimension with high accuracy. Quantum fluctuations of U(1) and SU(2) gauge fields in four dimensions are also evaluated in our approach., Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, talk given at the 12th Asia Pacific Physics Conference of AAPPS (APPC12), Makuhari, Japan, 14-19 July 2013

We propose to use hard exclusive production of an exotic hadron for finding its internal quark-gluon configuration by the constituent-counting rule in perturbative QCD. In particular, the cross section for the exclusive process $\pi^- + p \to K^0 + \Lambda (1405)$ is estimated at the scattering angle $\theta=90^\circ$ in the center-of-mass frame by using current experimental data. In comparison, the cross section for the ground-state $\Lambda$ production $\pi^- + p \to K^0 + \Lambda$ is also shown. We suggest that the internal quark configuration of $\Lambda (1405)$ should be determined by the asymptotic scaling behavior of the cross section. If it is an ordinary three-quark baryon, the scaling of the cross section is $s^{8} d\sigma /dt=$constant, whereas it is $s^{10} d\sigma /dt=$constant if $\Lambda (1405)$ is a five-quark hadron, where $s$ and $t$ are Mandelstam variables. Such a measurement will be possible, for example, by using the high-momentum beamline at J-PARC. In addition, another exclusive process $\gamma + p \to K^+ + \Lambda (1405)$ could be investigated at LEPS and JLab for finding the nature of $\Lambda (1405)$. We indicate that the constituent-counting rule could be used as a valuable quantity in determining internal structure of exotic hadrons by high-energy exclusive processes, where quark-gluon degrees of freedom explicitly appear. Furthermore, it is interesting to investigate the transition from hadron degrees of freedom to quark-gluon ones for exclusive exotic-hadron production processes., Comment: 12 pages, 13 figures, version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D

The branching ratios of K^- absorption at rest in nuclear matter are evaluated from the K^- self-energy by using the chiral unitary approach for the s-wave \bar{K} N amplitude. We find that both the mesonic and non-mesonic absorption potentials are dominated by the \Lambda(1405) contributions. We also observe that the mesonic absorption ratio [\pi ^{-} \Sigma ^{+}] / [\pi ^{+} \Sigma ^{-}] increases as a function of nuclear density due to the interference between \Lambda(1405) and the I=1 non-resonant background, which is consistent with experimental results. The fraction of the non-mesonic absorption is evaluated to be about 30 % at the saturation density. The branching ratios of the K^- absorption at rest into deuteron and 4He are also calculated., Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, talk given at XI International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics (HYP2012), Barcelona, Spain, 1-5 October 2012

The structure of dynamically generated states is studied from a viewpoint of the finite volume effect. We establish the relation between the spatial size of a stable bound state and the finite volume mass shift. In a single-channel scattering model, this relation is shown to be valid for a bound state dominated by the two-body molecule component. We generalize this method to the case of a quasi-bound state with finite width in coupled-channel scattering. We define the real-valued size of the resonance in a given closed channel using the response to the finite volume effect on the channel. Applying this method to physical resonances we find that Lambda(1405) and f_{0}(980) are dominated by the Kbar N and K Kbar scattering states, respectively, and that the distance between Kbar N (K Kbar) inside Lambda(1405) [f_{0}(980)] is 1.7-1.9 fm (2.6-3.0 fm). The root mean squared radii of Lambda(1405) and f_0(980) are also estimated from the mean distance between constituents., Comment: 14 pages, 8 figures, version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C

The appearance of some papers dealing with the $K^- d \to \pi \Sigma n$ reaction, with some discrepancies in the results and a proposal to measure the reaction at forward $n$ angles at J-PARC justifies to retake the theoretical study with high precision to make accurate predictions for the experiment and extract from there the relevant physical information. We do this in the present paper showing results using the Watson approach and the truncated Faddeev approach. We argue that the Watson approach is more suitable to study the reaction because it takes into account the potential energy of the nucleons forming the deuteron, which is neglected in the truncated Faddeev approach. Predictions for the experiment are done as well as spectra with the integrated neutron angle., Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures; a minor correction done

The branching ratios of K^- absorption at rest in nuclear matter are theoretically investigated in order to understand the mechanism of K^- absorption into nuclei. For this purpose mesonic and nonmesonic absorption potentials are evaluated as functions of nuclear density, the kaon momentum and energy from one- and two-body K^- self-energy, respectively. By using a chiral unitary approach for the s-wave Kbar N amplitude we find that both the mesonic and nonmesonic absorption potentials are dominated by the Lambda(1405) contributions. The fraction of the mesonic and nonmesonic absorptions are evaluated to be respectively about 70% and 30% at the saturation density almost independently on the kaon momentum. We also observe different behavior of the branching ratios to pi ^+ Sigma^- and pi^- Sigma^+ channels in mesonic absorption due to the interference between Lambda(1405) and the I=1 nonresonant background, which is consistent with experimental results. The nonmesonic absorption ratios [Lambda p]/[Sigma^0 p] and [Lambda n]/[Sigma^0 n] are about unity while [Sigma^+ n]/[Sigma^0 p] and [Sigma^- p]/[Sigma^0 n] are about two due to the Lambda(1405) dominance in absorption. Taking into account the kaon momenta and energies, the absorption potentials become weaker due to the downward shift of the initial K^-N two-body energy, but this does not drastirally change the nonmesonic fraction. The Sigma(1385) contribution in the p-wave Kbar N amplitude is examined and found to be very small compared to the Lambda(1405) contribution in slow K^- absorption., Comment: 18 pages, 22 figures

An approach to approximate evaluation of the continuum Feynman path integrals is developed for the study of quantum fluctuations of particles and fields in Euclidean time-space. The paths are described by sum of Gauss functions and are weighted with exp(-S) by the Metropolis method. The weighted smooth paths reproduce properties of the ground state of the harmonic oscillator in one dimension with more than about 90 % accuracy, and the accuracy gets higher by using smaller width of the Gauss functions. Our approach is applied to quantum field theories and quantum fluctuations of U(1) and SU(2) gauge fields in four dimensions respectively provide the Coulomb force and confining linear potential at qualitative levels via the Wilson loops. Distributions of large values of gauge fields are found to be suppressed at least exponentially., Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures

The internal structure of the resonant Lambda(1405) state is investigated based on meson-baryon coupled-channels chiral dynamics. We evaluate Lambda(1405) form factors which are extracted from current-coupled scattering amplitudes in meson-baryon degrees of freedom. Using several probe currents and channel decomposition, we find that the resonant Lambda(1405) state is dominantly composed of widely spread Kbar around N, with escaping pi Sigma component., Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, talk given at XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy (hadron2011), Munich, Germany, 13-17 June 2011

We investigate the possibilities of using measurements in present and future experiments on heavy ion collisions to answer some longstanding problems in hadronic physics, namely identifying hadronic molecular states and exotic hadrons with multiquark components. The yields of a selected set of exotic hadron candidates in relativistic heavy ion collisions are discussed in the coalescence model in comparison with the statistical model. We find that the yield of a hadron is typically an order of magnitude smaller when it is a compact multiquark state, compared to that of an excited hadronic state with normal quark numbers. We also find that some loosely bound hadronic molecules are formed more abundantly than the statistical model prediction by a factor of two or more. Moreover, due to the significant numbers of charm and bottom quarks produced at RHIC and even larger numbers expected at LHC, some of the proposed heavy exotic hadrons could be produced with sufficient abundance for detection, making it possible to study these new exotic hadrons in heavy ion collisions., Comment: 18 pages, 2 figures

The internal structure of the resonant Lambda(1405) state is investigated based on meson-baryon coupled-channels chiral dynamics, by evaluating density distributions obtained from the form factors of the Lambda(1405) state. The form factors are extracted from current-coupled scattering amplitudes in which the current is coupled to the constituent hadrons inside Lambda(1405). Using several probe interactions and channel decomposition, we find that the resonant Lambda(1405) state is dominantly composed of widely spread Kbar around N, with a small fraction of the escaping pi Sigma component., Comment: Talk given at BARYONS'10, Osaka, Japan, 7-11 Dec 2010

Discriminating hadronic molecular and multi-quark states is a long standing problem in hadronic physics. We propose here to utilize relativistic heavy ion collisions to resolve this problem, as exotic hadron yields are expected to be strongly affected by their structures. Using the coalescence model, we find that the exotic hadron yield relative to the statistical model result is typically an order of magnitude smaller for a compact multi-quark state, and larger by a factor of two or more for a loosely bound hadronic molecule. We further find that some of the newly proposed heavy exotic states could be produced and realistically measured at RHIC and LHC., Comment: Presented at International Conference on the Structure of Baryons (Baryons '10), Osaka, Japan, Dec.7-11, 2010

The internal structure of the resonant Lambda(1405) state is investigated based on meson-baryon coupled-channels chiral dynamics, by evaluating density distributions obtained from the form factors of the Lambda(1405) state. The form factors are defined as an extension of the ordinary stable particles and are directly evaluated from the meson-baryon scattering amplitude, paying attention to the charge conservation of the probe interaction. For the resonant Lambda(1405) state we calculate the density distributions in two ways. One is on the pole position of the Lambda(1405) in the complex energy plane, which evaluates the resonant Lambda(1405) structure without contamination from nonresonant backgrounds, and another on the real energy axis around the Lambda(1405) resonance energy, which may be achieved in experiments. Using sereval probe interactions and channel decomposition, we separate the various contributions to the internal structure of the Lambda(1405). As a result, we find that the resonant Lambda(1405) state is composed of widely spread Kbar around N, which gives dominant component inside the Lambda(1405), with escaping pi Sigma component. Furthermore, we consider Kbar N bound state without decay channels, with which we can observe the internal structure of the bound state within real numbers. We also study the dependence of the form factors on the binding energy and meson mass. This verifies that the form factor defined through the scattering amplitude serves as a natural generalization of the form factor for the resonance state. The relation between the interaction strength and the meson mass shows that the physical kaon mass appears to be within the suitable range to form a molecular bound state with the nucleon through the chiral SU(3) interaction., Comment: 31 pages, 25 figures

Identifying hadronic molecular states and/or hadrons with multi-quark components either with or without exotic quantum numbers is a long standing challenge in hadronic physics. We suggest that studying the production of these hadrons in relativistic heavy ion collisions offer a promising resolution to this problem as yields of exotic hadrons are expected to be strongly affected by their structures. Using the coalescence model for hadron production, we find that compared to the case of a non-exotic hadron with normal quark numbers, the yield of an exotic hadron is typically an order of magnitude smaller when it is a compact multi-quark state and a factor of two or more larger when it is a loosely bound hadronic molecule. We further find that due to the appreciable numbers of charm and bottom quarks produced in heavy ion collisions at RHIC and even larger numbers expected at LHC, some of the newly proposed heavy exotic states could be produced and realistically measured in these experiments., Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, revised version to be published in Phys. Rev. Lett

We study the photoproduction of phi mesons in deuteron, paying attention to the modification of the cross section from bound protons to the free ones with the aim of comparing with recent results at LEPS. For this purpose we take into account Fermi motion in single scattering and rescattering of the phi to account for phi absorption on a second nucleon as well as the rescattering of the proton. We find that the contribution of the double scattering is much smaller than the typical cross section of gamma p to phi p in free space, which implies a very small screening of the phi production in deuteron. The contribution from the proton rescattering, on the other hand, is found to be not negligible compared to the cross section of gamma p to phi p in free space, and leads to a moderate reduction of the phi photoproduction cross section on a deuteron at forward angles if LEPS set up is taken into account. The Fermi motion allows contribution of the single scattering in regions forbidden by phase space in the free case. In particular, we find that for momentum transferred squared close to the maximum value, the Fermi motion changes drastically the shape of d sigma / dt, to the point that the ratio of this cross section to the free one becomes very sensitive to the precise value of t chosen, or the size of the bin used in an experimental analysis. Hence, this particular region of t does not seem the most indicated to find effects of a possible phi absorption in the deuteron. This reaction is studied theoretically as a function of t and the effect of the experimental angular cuts at LEPS is also discussed, providing guidelines for future experimental analyses of the reaction., Comment: 17 pages, 16 figures

Non-mesonic transition of Lambda(1405) N to YN is investigated as one of the essential processes for the non-mesonic absorption of Kbar in nuclei. Using one-meson exchange model in the calculation of the transition, we find that the non-mesonic transition ratio Gamma_{Lambda N} / Gamma_{Sigma N} depends strongly on the ratio of the Lambda(1405) (Lambda^*) couplings to Kbar N and pi Sigma. Especially a larger Lambda^*-Kbar N coupling leads to enhancement of the transition to Lambda N. Using the chiral unitary model for the description of the Lambda^*, we obtain Gamma_{Lambda N} / Gamma_{Sigma^{0} N} is approximately 1.2 which is almost independent of the nucleon density, and find the total non-mesonic decay width of the Lambda^* in uniform nuclear matter to be 22 MeV at the normal density., Comment: Talk given at 10th International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics: Hyp-X, Tokai, Japan, 14-18 Sep 2009

Non-mesonic decay of kaonic nuclei is investigated under a Lambda(1405) doorway picture where the Kbar absorptions in nuclei take place through the Lambda(1405) resonance. Calculating Lambda(1405) N to YN transitions in one-meson exchange, we find that the non-mesonic decay ratio Gamma_{Lambda N} / Gamma_{Sigma^{0} N} depends strongly on the ratio of the couplings Lambda(1405)-Kbar N and Lambda(1405)-pi Sigma. Especially a larger Lambda(1405)-Kbar N coupling leads to enhancement of the decay to Lambda N. Using the chiral unitary approach for description of the Kbar N amplitudes, we obtain Gamma_{Lambda N} / Gamma_{Sigma ^{0} N} \approx 1.2 almost independently of the nucleon density, and find the total two-nucleon absorption of the Kbar in uniform nuclear matter to be 22 MeV at the normal density., Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures

Electromagnetic mean squared radii of Lambda(1405) are evaluated in chiral unitary approach. In this approach we regard Lambda(1405) as dynamically generated resonances in the octet meson and octet baryon scattering, and also as KbarN bound state. Especially for the Lambda(1405) as KbarN bound state we obtain negative electric mean squared radius. With the small binding energy of Lambda(1405) in the chiral unitary approach, our results imply that Lambda(1405) has structure that K^- is widely spread around p., Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, use ptptex.cls. Talk given at YITP International Symposium: Fundamental Problems in Hot and/or Dense QCD, Kyoto, Japan, 3-6 Mar 2008