NLO results with operator mixing for fully heavy tetraquarks in QCD sum rules

We study the mass spectra of (Q) over barQ (Q) over barQ (Q = c, b) systems in QCD sum rules with the complete next-to-leading order (NLO) contribution to the perturbative QCD part of the correlation functions. Instead of meson-meson or diquark-antidiquark currents, we use diagonalized currents under operator renormalization. We find that differing from conventional mesons (q) over barq and baryons qqq, a unique feature of the multiquark systems like (Q) over barQ (Q) over barQ is the operator mixing or color configuration mixing induced by NLO corrections, which is crucial to understand the color structure of the states. Our numerical results show that the NLO corrections are very important for the (Q) over barQ (Q) over barQ system, because they not only give significant contributions but also reduce the scheme and scale dependence and make Borel platform more distinct, especially for the (b) over barb (b) over barb in the (MS) over bar scheme. We use currents that have good perturbation convergence in our phenomenological analysis. With the (MS) over bar scheme, we get three J(PC) = 0++ states, with masses 6.35(-0.17)(+0.20) GeV, 6.56(-0.20)(+0.18) GeV and 6.95(-0.)(31)(+0.21) GeV respectively. The first two seem to agree with the broad structure around 6.2 similar to 6.8 GeV measured by the LHCb collaboration in the J/psi J/psi spectrum, and the third seems to agree with the narrow resonance X(6900). For the 2(++) states we find one with mass 7.03(-0.2)(6)(+0.22) GeV, which is also close to that of X(6900), and another one around 7.25(-0.35)(+0.21) GeV, which has good scale dependence but slightly large scheme dependence.

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This study investigates the mass spectra of (Q) over barQ (Q) over barQ systems in QCD sum rules, considering the complete next-to-leading order (NLO) contribution. The results show that the NLO corrections play a crucial role in understanding the color structure of the multiquark systems, with significant contributions and reduced scheme and scale dependence. The numerical analysis provides specific mass values for different J(PC) states, some of which are consistent with the experimental measurements.