Strong decays of the $DK^\ast$ and $\bar{D}K^{\ast}$ molecular states

Zi-Li Yue, Cheng-Jian Xiao, H. García-Tecocoatzi, Dian-Yong Chen, Elena Santopinto

Published: 2025/9/30

Abstract

Inspired by the abundant structure near the threshold of the $D^{(*)}K^{(*)}/\bar{D}^{(*)}K^{(*)}$, we estimate the strong decay properties of the $T_{c\bar{s}1}^{f/a}$ and $T_{\bar{c}\bar{s}1}^{f/a}$ with $I(J^{P})=0/1(1^{+})$ in $DK^{*}$ and $\bar{D}K^{*}$ molecular scenarios in the present paper. By employing the effective Lagrangian approach, the widths of the processes $T_{c\bar{s}1}^{f}\to D^{*}K, D_{s}^{*}\eta, DK\pi$, $T_{c\bar{s}1}^{a}\to D^{*}K, D_{s}^{*}\pi, DK\pi$, and $T_{\bar{c}\bar{s}1}^{f/a}\to\bar{D}^{*}K, \bar{D}K\pi$ are estimated. Considering the present estimations, we propose to search for $T_{c\bar{s}1}^{f/a}$ states in $D^{*}K$ and $D_{s}^{*}\pi/D_{s}^{*}\eta$ mass invariant spectra. Their ratios may serve as an important test of the molecular scenario.