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