https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09613-8
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Prompt production of the hidden charm pentaquarks in the LHC
1
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, 510006, Guangzhou, China
2
Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Southern Nuclear Science Computing Center, South China Normal University, 510006, Guangzhou, China
3
Instituto de Física Corpuscular (centro mixto CSIC-UV), Institutos de Investigación de Paterna, Apartado 22085, 46071, Valencia, Spain
4
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
Received:
23
June
2021
Accepted:
30
August
2021
Published online:
16
September
2021
Motivated by the observation of the first hidden charm pentaquarks by the LHCb collaboration in 2015 and the updated analysis with an order-of-magnitude larger data set in 2019, we estimate their cross sections for the prompt production as well as their heavy quark spin partners, in the 
hadronic molecular picture, at the center-of-mass energy 
in the pp collision. Their cross sections are several 
and we would expect several tens hidden charm pentaquark events in the LHC based on its current integrated luminosity. The cross sections show a sizable deviation of the cross sections for hidden charm pentaquarks with the third isospin component 
(
) from those with 
(
). The cross sections decrease dramatically with the increasing transverse momentum. Our study can also tell where to search for the missing hidden charm pentaquarks. The confirmation of the complete hidden charm pentaquarks in the heavy quark symmetry would further verify their molecular interpretation. In addition, the relative strength among these cross sections for pentaquarks can help us to identify the quantum numbers of the 
and 
.
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