Decay properties of the $X(3872)$ through the Fierz rearrangement

Abstract

We systematically construct all the tetraquark currents of $J^{PC} = 1^{++}$ with the quark configurations $[cq][\bar c \bar q]$, $[\bar c q][\bar q c]$, and $[\bar c c][\bar q q]$ ($q=u/d$). Their relations are derived using the Fierz rearrangement of the Dirac and color indices, through which we study decay properties of the $X(3872)$ under both the compact tetraquark and hadronic molecule interpretations. We propose to search for the $X(3872) \rightarrow \chi_{c0} \pi$, $\eta_c \pi \pi$, and $\chi_{c1} \pi \pi$ decay processes in particle experiments.