Electromagnetic structure of Bc and heavy quarkonia in the light-front quark model

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Authors: Rayn Rasyid Harjapradipta, Muhammad Ridwan, Ahmad Jafar Arifi, Terry Mart
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Abstract

We investigate the electromagnetic structure of heavy quarkonia and the [Formula: see text] meson within the light-front quark model (LFQM) to better understand the internal spatial charge distributions and QCD dynamics of heavy mesons. The light-front wave functions (LFWFs) are obtained using a variational approach with a few set of harmonic oscillator basis functions, providing a flexible yet tractable description of the bound-state dynamics. Using these LFWFs, we compute the electromagnetic form factors and compare our results with available lattice QCD data and other model calculations. Our results are roughly consistent with previous model predictions, showing that the electromagnetic radii of the [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] states are approximately 1.5 times and 1.9 times larger than those of their corresponding [Formula: see text] states, reflecting the expected growth of spatial size in radial excitations.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Publication details

Journal / source
Modern Physics Letters A
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd
Volume
41
Issue
30n31
Publication date
27 February 2026
Language
EN