All-heavy pentaquarks

Abstract

In a nonrelativistic potential quark model framework, we carry out a calculation of the mass spectrum for the low-lying $1S$ all-heavy pentaquark state by adopting the explicitly correlated Gaussian method. The obtained states are compact and lie far above the lowest dissociation baryon-meson threshold. Moreover, using the obtained masses and wave functions we evaluate the fall-apart decay properties within a quark-exchange model. The results show that the $1S$ all-heavy pentaquark states have a fairly narrow fall-apart width, which scatters in the range of $\sim0.1-4.0$ MeV. Their dominant fall-apart decay channels may be ideal for searching for their signals in future experiments.