Understanding penta quark with various quark models

Abstract

The pentaquark state recently discovered has been studied with three quark models which either fit the nucleon spin structure or the $NN$ scattering. A minimum $Θ^+$ mass of 1620 MeV is obtained both for the ${1/2}^\pm$ state. The mixing of various color structure configurations, which would reduce the mass of the penta-quark state, should be taking into account in the calculation of penta-quark mass.