Baryonium

Abstract

In the framework of the heavy baryon perturbation theory, in which the two-pion exchange is considered, the physical properties of heavy-baryon-anti-heavy-baryon systems are revisited. The potentials between heavy-baryon and anti-heavy-baryon are extracted in a holonomic form. Based on the extracted potentials, the s-wave scattering phase shifts and scattering lengths of $\Lambda_c$-$\bar{\Lambda}_c$ and $\Sigma_c$-$\bar{\Sigma}_c$ are calculated. From these scattering features, it is found that the $\Lambda_c$-$\bar{\Lambda}_c$ system can be bound only when the value of the coupling constant $g_2$ is larger than that from the decay data of the $\Sigma_c(\Sigma_c^*) \to \Lambda_c \pi$ process. The binding condition for the $\Sigma_c$-$\bar{\Sigma}_c$ system is also examined. The binding possibilities of these systems deduced from the scattering calculations are also checked by the bound state calculation and the binding energies are obtained if the system can be really bound. The binding possibility of the $\Lambda_b$-$\bar{\Lambda}_b$ system is investigated as well.