Charmed Mesic Nuclei: Bound D and $\bar{D}$ states with ^{208}Pb

Abstract

We show that the D^- meson will form narrow bound states with ^{208}Pb. Mean field potentials for the D^0, D^0-bar and D^- in ^{208}Pb are calculated self-consistently using the quark-meson coupling (QMC) model in local density approximation. The meson-^{208}Pb bound state energies are then calculated by solving the Klein-Gordon equation with these potentials. The experimental confirmation and comparison with the D^0-bar and D^0 will provide distinctive information on the nature of the interaction between the charmed meson and matter.

RevTex, 14 pages, 3 Postscript figures, version to appear in Phys. Rev. C, title, abstract, text, references are modified