Including heavy spin effects in the prediction of a $\bar{b} \bar{b} u d$ tetraquark with lattice QCD potentials

Abstract

We investigate spin effects in four-quark systems consisting of two heavy anti-bottom quarks and two light up/down quarks. To this end we use the Born-Oppenheimer approximation. We utilize potentials of two static antiquarks in the presence of two quarks of finite mass computed via lattice QCD and solve a coupled-channel Schrödinger equation for the anti-bottom-anti-bottom separation. Without taking heavy quark spins into account this approach predicted a $u d \bar b \bar b$ tetraquark bound state with quantum numbers $I(J^P) = 0(1^+)$. We now extend this Born-Oppenheimer approach with coupled channel Schrödinger equations allowing us to incorporate effects due to the heavy $\bar b$ spins. We confirm the existence of the $u d \bar b \bar b$ tetraquark.

9 pages, 4 figures, 1 table