Anti-charmed pentaquark $\Theta_c (3099)$ from QCD sum rules

Abstract

We construct QCD sum rules for the anti-charmed pentaquark $\Theta_c (3099)$, recently reported at HERA. The sum rules are constructed similarly with the $\Theta^+ (1540)$ sum rules using the anti-charmed analogue of the $\Theta^+$ interpolating field. The strange quark and quark-gluon mixed condensates, which were important in the $\Theta^+$ sum rules, are replaced by the gluon condensates whose contribution to the OPE is suppressed due to the heavy quark mass. Our result suggests that the parity of $\Theta_c$ is positive. We identify the difference from the $\Theta^+$ sum rule, which leads to the positive parity in this heavy-light pentaquark system. The obtained mass is similar to the experimental value.