Production of the Exotic $1^{--}$ Hadrons $\phi(2170)$, X(4260) and $Y_b(10890)$ at the LHC and Tevatron via the Drell-Yan Mechanism

Abstract

We calculate the Drell-Yan production cross sections and differential distributions in the transverse momentum and rapidity of the $J^{PC}=1^{--}$ exotic hadrons $\phi(2170)$, X(4260) and $Y_b(10890)$ at the hadron colliders LHC and the Tevatron. These hadrons are tetraquark (four-quark) candidates, with a hidden $s\bar{s}$, $c\bar{c}$ and $b\bar{b}$ quark pair, respectively. In deriving the distributions and cross sections, we include the order $\alpha_s$ QCD corrections, resum the large logarithms in the small transverse momentum region in the impact-parameter formalism, and use the state of the art parton distribution functions. Taking into account the data on the production and decays of these vector hadrons from the $e^+e^-$ experiments, we present the production rates for the processes $pp(\bar{p}) \to \phi(2170)(\to \phi(1020) \pi^+\pi^- \to K^+K^- \pi^+\pi^-)+...$, $pp(\bar{p}) \to X(4260)(\to J/\psi \pi^+\pi^- \to \mu^+\mu^-\pi^+\pi^-)+...$, and $pp(\bar{p}) \to Y_b(10890)(\to (\Upsilon(1S), \Upsilon(2S), \Upsilon(3S)) \pi^+\pi^- \to \mu^+\mu^-\pi^+\pi^-)+...$. Their measurements at the hadron colliders will provide new experimental avenues to explore the underlying dynamics of these hadrons.