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σ\sigma exchange in the one-boson exchange model involving the ground state octet baryons

Bing Wu 0009-0004-8178-3015 [email protected] CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
   Xiong-Hui Cao 0000-0003-1365-7178 [email protected] CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
   Xiang-Kun Dong 0000-0001-6392-7143 [email protected] Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik and Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics,
Universität Bonn, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
   Feng-Kun Guo 0000-0002-2919-2064 [email protected] CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Peng Huanwu Collaborative Center for Research and Education, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China Southern Center for Nuclear-Science Theory, Institute of Modern Physics, Huizhou 516000, China
Abstract

Based on the one-boson-exchange framework that the σ\sigma meson serves as an effective parameterization for the correlated scalar-isoscalar ππ\pi\pi interaction, we calculate the coupling constants of the σ\sigma to the 12+\frac{1}{2}^{+} ground state light baryon octet 𝔹{\mathbb{B}} by matching the amplitude of 𝔹𝔹¯ππ𝔹¯𝔹{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}} to that of 𝔹𝔹¯σ𝔹¯𝔹{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\sigma\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}}. The former is calculated using a dispersion relation, supplemented with chiral perturbation theory results for the 𝔹𝔹ππ{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\pi\pi couplings and the Muskhelishvili-Omnès representation for the ππ\pi\pi rescattering. Explicitly, the coupling constants are obtained as gNNσ=8.71.9+1.7g_{NN\sigma}=8.7_{-1.9}^{+1.7}, gΣΣσ=3.51.3+1.8g_{\Sigma\Sigma\sigma}=3.5_{-1.3}^{+1.8}, gΞΞσ=2.51.4+1.5g_{\Xi\Xi\sigma}=2.5_{-1.4}^{+1.5}, and gΛΛσ=6.81.7+1.5g_{\Lambda\Lambda\sigma}=6.8_{-1.7}^{+1.5}. These coupling constants can be used in the one-boson-exchange model calculations of the interaction of light baryons with other hadrons.

I Introduction

In the past few decades, the observation of exotic hadronic states, which cannot be accounted for by the conventional quark model, has propelled the study of exotic states to the forefront of hadron physics; see Refs. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] for recent reviews on the experimental and theoretical status. Hadronic molecules [7], one of the most promising candidates for exotic states, are loosely bound states of hadrons and a natural extension of the atomic nuclei (such as the deuteron as a proton-neutron bound state) and offer an explanation of the many experimentally observed near-threshold structures, in particular in the heavy-flavor hadron mass region [15].

As a generalization of the one-pion-exchange potential [16], the one-boson-exchange (OBE) model has played a crucial role in studying composite systems of hadrons [17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 10, 11]. Taking the deuteron as an example, it is widely accepted in the OBE model that its formation involves the long-range interaction from the one-pion exchange and the middle-range interaction from the σ\sigma-meson exchange; see Ref. [18] for a detailed review. However, unlike narrow width particles that are associated with clear resonance peaks or dips observed in experiments, the scalar-isoscalar σ\sigma meson, which plays a crucial role in nuclear and hadron physics, had remained a subject of considerable debates for several decades until it was established as the lowest-lying hadronic resonance in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) in the past twenty years based on rigorous dispersive analyses of ππ\pi\pi scattering [26, 27, 28] (see, e.g., Refs. [29, 30] for reviews). The dispersive techniques have recently been applied to determine the nature of the σ\sigma at unphysical pion masses [31, 32].

The σ\sigma meson in the OBE model can be considered as approximating the correlated SS-wave isoscalar ππ\pi\pi exchange in a few hundred MeV range [33, 18, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38], and some modifications to its properties have been made in order to improve the accuracy of the approximation [33, 18]. However, the effective coupling constants between the σ\sigma and various hadrons remain highly uncertain. One example is the widely used nucleon-nucleon-σ\sigma coupling gNNσg_{NN\sigma}, which ranges roughly from 8 to 14 [33, 18, 36]. For its couplings to other ground state octet baryons, gΣΣσg_{\Sigma\Sigma\sigma}, gΞΞσg_{\Xi\Xi\sigma}, and gΛΛσg_{\Lambda\Lambda\sigma}, there are rare systematic discussions and error analyses. Most of them are estimated either by the quenched quark model or the SU(3) symmetry model assuming the σ\sigma to be a certain member of the light-flavor multiplet [24, 23]. The use of the one-σ\sigma exchange instead of the correlated ππ\pi\pi exchange may raise some questions: Is this approximation reasonable? How good is the approximation? In the present work, we try to address these questions by considering the scattering of the baryon and antibaryon in the ground state octet, 𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}}, through the intermediate state of the correlated IJ=00IJ=00 ππ\pi\pi pair or the σ\sigma meson and calculate the effective coupling constants of g𝔹𝔹σg_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma}. We will make use of dispersion relations following Ref. [39], and similar methods have been used in, e.g., Refs. [37, 38] to derive the baryon-baryon-σ\sigma couplings, and Ref. [40] to derive the σ\sigma coupling to heavy mesons. Here, we will match the dispersive amplitudes of 𝔹𝔹¯ππ{\mathbb{B}}\bar{\mathbb{B}}\to\pi\pi at low energies to the chiral amplitudes up to the next-to-leading order (NLO).

This paper is structured as follows. The formalism is presented in Sec. II, including the calculation of the OBE amplitude in Sec. II.1 and the amplitude from the dispersion relation (DR) with a careful treatment of kinematical singularities in Sec. II.2. In Sec. III, we conduct an analysis of the two amplitudes and present the scalar coupling constants g𝔹𝔹σg_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma} along with an error analysis. This includes a comparison of the ss-channel processes, as detailed in Sec. III.1, and a comparison of the corresponding t/ut/u-channel processes utilizing the crossing symmetry in Sec. III.2. A brief summary is given in Sec. IV. The adopted conventions, the result of NNσNN\sigma coupling in the SU(2) framework, and crossing symmetry relations are relegated to the appendices.

II Formalism

To determine the scalar coupling, g𝔹𝔹σg_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma}, between the baryon 𝔹{\mathbb{B}} in the 12+\frac{1}{2}^{+} ground baryon octet and the σ\sigma meson, we first utilize the DR and chiral perturbation theory (ChPT) to calculate the amplitude of 𝔹(p1,λ1)+𝔹¯(p2,λ2)𝔹¯(p3,λ3)+𝔹(p4,λ4){\mathbb{B}}(p_{1},\lambda_{1})+\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}(p_{2},\lambda_{2})\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}(p_{3},\lambda_{3})+{\mathbb{B}}(p_{4},\lambda_{4}) with a correlated ππ\pi\pi intermediate state, as depicted in Fig. 1(a). Here, pip_{i} and λi\lambda_{i} represent the four momentum and the helicity of particle 𝔹{\mathbb{B}} or 𝔹¯\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}, respectively. Additionally, we restrict the quantum numbers of the two-body intermediate state, ππ\pi\pi, to be IJ=00IJ=00. This SS-wave amplitude can be denoted as 𝔹(λ1)+𝔹¯(λ2)𝔹¯(λ3)+𝔹(λ4),0DR(s)\mathcal{M}^{\rm{DR}}_{{\mathbb{B}}(\lambda_{1})+\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}(\lambda_{2})\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}(\lambda_{3})+{\mathbb{B}}(\lambda_{4}),0}(s), where the subscript 0 indicates the SS-wave, ss represents the square of the total energy of the system in the center-of-mass (c.m.) frame,111For an ss-channel process of 𝔹(p1)+𝔹¯(p2)𝔹¯(p3)+𝔹(p4){\mathbb{B}}(p_{1})+\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}(p_{2})\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}(p_{3})+{\mathbb{B}}(p_{4}), as illustrated in Fig. 1, s=(p1+p2)2s=(p_{1}+p_{2})^{2} while t=(p1p3)2t=(p_{1}-p_{3})^{2}. and the superscript DR indicates the result obtained from the DR. Next, we proceed to calculate the same amplitude, with the intermediate σ\sigma meson, as depicted in Fig. 1(b). In this case, we utilize the OBE model, and the corresponding amplitude can be expressed as 𝔹(λ1)+𝔹¯(λ2)𝔹¯(λ3)+𝔹(λ4)OBE(s)\mathcal{M}^{\rm{OBE}}_{{\mathbb{B}}(\lambda_{1})+\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}(\lambda_{2})\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}(\lambda_{3})+{\mathbb{B}}(\lambda_{4})}(s). Finally, we compare the aforementioned amplitudes to extract the coupling constant g𝔹𝔹σg_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma} in the phenomenological baryon-baryon-σ\sigma coupling Lagrangian.

\begin{overpic}[width=346.89731pt]{s-channel_feynman_diagram.png} \end{overpic}
Figure 1: Feynman diagrams for the ss-channel process of 𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}} with the intermediate state of ππ\pi\pi (a) or σ\sigma (b). In (a), the black dots imply that the ππ\pi\pi rescattering is included.

II.1 The OBE amplitude

According to the following effective Lagrangian coupling the σ\sigma meson to the baryons in the SU(3) flavor octet [18, 41],

ΣΣσ\displaystyle\mathcal{L}_{\Sigma\Sigma\sigma} =gΣΣσ(Σ¯+Σ+Σ¯0Σ0+Σ¯Σ+)σ,\displaystyle=-g_{\Sigma\Sigma\sigma}\left(\bar{\Sigma}^{+}\Sigma^{-}+\bar{\Sigma}^{0}\Sigma^{0}+\bar{\Sigma}^{-}\Sigma^{+}\right)\sigma\,,
ΞΞσ\displaystyle\mathcal{L}_{\Xi\Xi\sigma} =gΞΞσ(Ξ¯0Ξ0+Ξ¯+Ξ)σ,\displaystyle=-g_{\Xi\Xi\sigma}\left(\bar{\Xi}^{0}\Xi^{0}+\bar{\Xi}^{+}\Xi^{-}\right)\sigma\,,
ΛΛσ\displaystyle\mathcal{L}_{\Lambda\Lambda\sigma} =gΛΛσΛ¯Λσ,\displaystyle=-g_{\Lambda\Lambda\sigma}\bar{\Lambda}\Lambda\sigma\,,
NNσ\displaystyle\mathcal{L}_{NN\sigma} =gNNσ(p¯p+n¯n)σ,\displaystyle=-g_{NN\sigma}(\bar{p}p+\bar{n}n)\sigma\,, (1)

the OBE amplitude for the Feynman diagram depicted in Fig. 1(b) reads

𝔹(λ1)+𝔹¯(λ2)𝔹¯(λ3)+𝔹(λ4)OBE=C𝔹g𝔹𝔹σ2v¯λ2(p2)uλ1(p1)u¯λ4(p4)vλ3(p3)(p1+p2)2mσ2,\displaystyle\mathcal{M}^{\rm{OBE}}_{{\mathbb{B}}(\lambda_{1})+\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}(\lambda_{2})\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}(\lambda_{3})+{\mathbb{B}}(\lambda_{4})}=C_{\mathbb{B}}g_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma}^{2}\frac{\bar{v}^{\lambda_{2}}(p_{2})u^{\lambda_{1}}(p_{1})\bar{u}^{\lambda_{4}}(p_{4})v^{\lambda_{3}}(p_{3})}{(p_{1}+p_{2})^{2}-m_{\sigma}^{2}}\,, (2)

where C𝔹C_{\mathbb{B}} is a flavor factor, CΣ=3C_{\Sigma}=3, CΞ=2C_{\Xi}=-2, CΛ=1C_{\Lambda}=1 and CN=2C_{N}=-2. For simplicity, we choose λi=1/2\lambda_{i}={1}/{2} (i=1,,4)(i=1,\ldots,4) throughout the paper.222Other choices, e.g., physical amplitudes using the orbital-spin basis are also accessible. The final results do not depend on the choice. With this choice we have

𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹OBE(s)=C𝔹g𝔹𝔹σ2s4m𝔹2smσ2,\displaystyle\mathcal{M}^{\rm{OBE}}_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}}}(s)=C_{\mathbb{B}}g_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma}^{2}\frac{s-4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}}{s-m_{\sigma}^{2}}\,, (3)

where m𝔹m_{\mathbb{B}} is the isospin averaged mass of the baryon 𝔹{\mathbb{B}}.333Since we are not interested in the isospin symmetry breaking effects, the isospin averaged mass is used for all particles within the same isospin multiplet.

II.2 The dispersive representation

II.2.1 The DR and the kinematical singularity

One can write down a dispersive representation of the 𝔹𝔹¯{\mathbb{B}}\bar{\mathbb{B}} scattering amplitude corresponding to Fig. 1(a) as

𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹,0DR(s)=s4m𝔹22πi4Mπ2+disc[𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹,0DR(z)](zs)(z4m𝔹2)dz.\displaystyle\mathcal{M}^{\rm{DR}}_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}},0}(s)=\frac{s-4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}}{2\pi i}\int_{4M_{\pi}^{2}}^{+\infty}\frac{{\rm{disc}}\left[\mathcal{M}^{\rm{DR}}_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}},0}(z)\right]}{(z-s)(z-4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2})}{\rm{d}}z\,. (4)

Here a once-subtracted dispersive integral is employed to facilitate the convergence of the dispersive integral. The threshold s=4m𝔹2s=4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2} is chosen as the subtraction point, and we set the subtraction constant DR(s=4m𝔹2)=0\mathcal{M}^{\rm{DR}}(s=4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2})=0 as Eq. (3) since the two amplitudes will be matched later.

In order to capture the ππ\pi\pi rescattering in the σ\sigma region and avoid the interference from other resonances, e.g., the f0(980)f_{0}(980), the upper limit of the dispersive integral in Eq. (4) is set to s0=(0.8GeV)2s_{0}=(0.8\ {\rm{GeV}})^{2}, as in Ref. [39] (see also Ref. [42]). We will investigate the impact of varying the upper limit of the integration on the final result and regard it as a part of the uncertainty of the coupling constants.

Next, let us discuss the discontinuity. Taking into account the unitary relation that is fulfilled by the partial-wave TT-matrix elements, we can express the discontinuity of the SS-wave amplitude (here the partial wave refers to that between the pions) along the cut s[4Mπ2,+)s\in[4M_{\pi}^{2},+\infty) in terms of T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,0(s)T_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,0}(s) and Tππ𝔹¯𝔹,0(s)T_{\pi\pi\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}},0}(s). However, it is crucial to notice that when dealing with systems that involve spins, particularly those containing fermions, kinematical singularities arise [43]. These singularities stem from the definition of the wave functions for the initial and final states. Following Ref. [43], we introduce the kinematical-singularity-free amplitudes,

T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,0new(s)=s4m𝔹2T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,0(s),\displaystyle T^{\rm{new}}_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,0}(s)=\sqrt{s-4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}}\,T_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,0}(s)\,, (5)
Tππ𝔹¯𝔹,0new(s)=s4m𝔹2Tππ𝔹¯𝔹,0(s).\displaystyle T^{\rm{new}}_{\pi\pi\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}},0}(s)=\sqrt{s-4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}}\,T_{\pi\pi\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}},0}(s)\,. (6)

Then the unitary relation for the SS-wave TT-matrix elements is given by

disc[𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹,0(s)]=2iρπ(s)T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,0new(s)Tππ𝔹¯𝔹,0new(s)s4m𝔹2θ(s2Mπ),\displaystyle{\rm{disc}}\left[\mathcal{M}_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}},0}(s)\right]=2i\rho_{\pi}(s)\frac{T_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,0}^{\rm{new}}(s)T^{{\rm{new}}\ *}_{\pi\pi\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}},0}(s)}{s-4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}}\theta\left(\sqrt{s}-2M_{\pi}\right), (7)

where ρπ(s)=116πs4Mπ2s\rho_{\pi}(s)=\frac{1}{16\pi}\sqrt{\frac{s-4M_{\pi}^{2}}{s}} is the two-body phase space factor. Moreover, as we will discuss in detail in Sec. II.2.4, the treatment of kinematical singularity plays a vital role in guaranteeing the self-consistency of the theory.

Furthermore, with the phase conventions outlined in Appendix A and considering the isospin scalar ππ\pi\pi system, we obtain the following relations

TΣΣ¯ππ,0(s)=TππΣ¯Σ,0(s),\displaystyle T_{\Sigma\bar{\Sigma}\to\pi\pi,0}(s)=-T_{\pi\pi\to\bar{\Sigma}\Sigma,0}(s)\,,
TΞΞ¯ππ,0(s)=TππΞ¯Ξ,0(s),\displaystyle T_{\Xi\bar{\Xi}\to\pi\pi,0}(s)=T_{\pi\pi\to\bar{\Xi}\Xi,0}(s)\,,
TΛΛ¯ππ,0(s)=TππΛ¯Λ,0(s),\displaystyle T_{\Lambda\bar{\Lambda}\to\pi\pi,0}(s)=-T_{\pi\pi\to\bar{\Lambda}\Lambda,0}(s)\,,
TNN¯ππ,0(s)=TππN¯N,0(s).\displaystyle T_{N\bar{N}\to\pi\pi,0}(s)=T_{\pi\pi\to\bar{N}N,0}(s)\,. (8)

Then, we obtain the following discontinuities,

disc[ΣΣ¯Σ¯Σ,0(s)]=2iρπ|TΣΣ¯ππ,0new(s)|2s4mΣ2θ(s2Mπ),\displaystyle{\rm{disc}}\left[\mathcal{M}_{\Sigma\bar{\Sigma}\to\bar{\Sigma}\Sigma,0}(s)\right]=2i\rho_{\pi}\frac{-\left|T_{\Sigma\bar{\Sigma}\to\pi\pi,0}^{\rm{new}}(s)\right|^{2}}{s-4m_{\Sigma}^{2}}\theta\left(\sqrt{s}-2M_{\pi}\right), (9)
disc[ΞΞ¯Ξ¯Ξ,0(s)]=2iρπ|TΞΞ¯ππ,0new(s)|2s4mΞ2θ(s2Mπ),\displaystyle{\rm{disc}}\left[\mathcal{M}_{\Xi\bar{\Xi}\to\bar{\Xi}\Xi,0}(s)\right]=2i\rho_{\pi}\frac{\left|T_{\Xi\bar{\Xi}\to\pi\pi,0}^{\rm{new}}(s)\right|^{2}}{s-4m_{\Xi}^{2}}\theta\left(\sqrt{s}-2M_{\pi}\right), (10)
disc[ΛΛ¯Λ¯Λ,0(s)]=2iρπ|TΛΛ¯ππ,0new(s)|2s4mΛ2θ(s2Mπ),\displaystyle{\rm{disc}}\left[\mathcal{M}_{\Lambda\bar{\Lambda}\to\bar{\Lambda}\Lambda,0}(s)\right]=2i\rho_{\pi}\frac{-\left|T_{\Lambda\bar{\Lambda}\to\pi\pi,0}^{\rm{new}}(s)\right|^{2}}{s-4m_{\Lambda}^{2}}\theta\left(\sqrt{s}-2M_{\pi}\right), (11)
disc[NN¯N¯N,0(s)]=2iρπ|TNN¯ππ,0new(s)|2s4mN2θ(s2Mπ).\displaystyle{\rm{disc}}\left[\mathcal{M}_{N\bar{N}\to\bar{N}N,0}(s)\right]=2i\rho_{\pi}\frac{\left|T_{N\bar{N}\to\pi\pi,0}^{\rm{new}}(s)\right|^{2}}{s-4m_{N}^{2}}\theta\left(\sqrt{s}-2M_{\pi}\right). (12)

II.2.2 The SU(3) ChPT framework

To obtain the low-energy SS-wave amplitudes T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,0(s)T_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,0}(s), we need the corresponding chiral baryon-meson Lagrangian. The leading-order (LO) chiral Lagrangian is given by [44],

𝕄𝔹(1)=𝔹¯(im0)𝔹+D2𝔹¯γμγ5{uμ,𝔹}+F2𝔹¯γμγ5[uμ,𝔹],\displaystyle\mathcal{L}_{\mathbb{M}{\mathbb{B}}}^{(1)}=\left\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}(i\not{\mathcal{D}}-m_{0}){\mathbb{B}}\right\rangle+\frac{D}{2}\left\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\gamma^{\mu}\gamma_{5}\{u_{\mu},{\mathbb{B}}\}\right\rangle+\frac{F}{2}\left\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\gamma^{\mu}\gamma_{5}\left[u_{\mu},{\mathbb{B}}\right]\right\rangle, (13)

which contains three low-energy constants (LECs), m0m_{0}, DD and FF. Here, \langle\cdot\rangle means trace in the flavor space, the baryon octet are collected in the matrix,

𝔹=(12Σ0+16ΛΣ+pΣ12Σ0+16ΛnΞΞ026Λ),\displaystyle{\mathbb{B}}=\left(\begin{array}[]{ccc}\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\Sigma^{0}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}}\Lambda&\Sigma^{+}&p\\ \Sigma^{-}&-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\Sigma^{0}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}}\Lambda&n\\ \Xi^{-}&\Xi^{0}&-\frac{2}{\sqrt{6}}\Lambda\end{array}\right), (17)

and the chiral vielbein and covariant derivative are given by

uμ=iuμu+iuμu,𝒟μ𝔹=μB+[Γμ,B],Γμ=12(uμu+uμu),\displaystyle u_{\mu}=iu^{\dagger}\partial_{\mu}u+iu\partial_{\mu}u^{\dagger},\quad\mathcal{D}_{\mu}{\mathbb{B}}=\partial_{\mu}B+\left[\Gamma_{\mu},B\right],\quad\Gamma_{\mu}=\frac{1}{2}\left(u^{\dagger}\partial_{\mu}u+u\partial_{\mu}u^{\dagger}\right), (18)

with u2=Uu^{2}=U, U=exp(i2Φ/Fπ)U=\exp\left(i{\sqrt{2}\Phi}/{F_{\pi}}\right), where

Φ=(π02+η6π+K+ππ02+η6K0KK¯026η).\displaystyle\Phi=\left(\begin{array}[]{ccc}\frac{\pi^{0}}{\sqrt{2}}+\frac{\eta}{\sqrt{6}}&\pi^{+}&K^{+}\\ \pi^{-}&-\frac{\pi^{0}}{\sqrt{2}}+\frac{\eta}{\sqrt{6}}&K^{0}\\ K^{-}&\bar{K}^{0}&-\frac{2}{\sqrt{6}}\eta\end{array}\right). (22)

Notice that the chiral connection Γμ\Gamma_{\mu} containing two pions is a vector, the two pions from that term cannot be in the SS-wave. As a result, only the tt- and uu-channel exchanges depicted in Fig. 2 (a) and (b), which contribute to the LHC part of T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,0(s)T_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,0}(s), will be present in the LO calculation. In addition, the LO Lagrangian contains the ΣΛπ\Sigma\Lambda\pi coupling terms of the form Λ¯γμγ5μπΣ\bar{\Lambda}\gamma^{\mu}\gamma_{5}\partial_{\mu}\pi\Sigma and Σ¯γμγ5μπΛ\bar{\Sigma}\gamma^{\mu}\gamma_{5}\partial_{\mu}\pi\Lambda. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the exchange of Σ\Sigma in the ΛΛ¯ππ\Lambda\bar{\Lambda}\to\pi\pi process and the exchange of Λ\Lambda in the ΣΣ¯ππ\Sigma\bar{\Sigma}\to\pi\pi process.

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Figure 2: The tree-level Feynman diagrams for the process of 𝔹𝔹¯ππ{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi.

The 𝒪(p2)\mathcal{O}(p^{2}) chiral Lagrangian contains the 𝔹¯𝔹ππ\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}}\pi\pi contact contribution with the SS-wave pion pair, as illustrated in Fig. 2 (c). At the NLO, the number of LECs increases, and the Lagrangian reads [45, 46],444Here we use the Lagrangian in [46] while the one in Ref. [45] has redundant terms. Note also the ordering of the operators in Ref. [46] is different from that in Refs. [45, 47].

𝕄𝔹(2)=\displaystyle\mathcal{L}_{\mathbb{MB}}^{(2)}= bD𝔹¯{χ+,𝔹}+bF𝔹¯[χ+,𝔹]+b0𝔹¯𝔹χ+\displaystyle\,b_{D}\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\{\chi_{+},{\mathbb{B}}\}\rangle+b_{F}\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\left[\chi_{+},{\mathbb{B}}\right]\rangle+b_{0}\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}}\rangle\langle\chi_{+}\rangle
+b1𝔹¯[uμ,[uμ,𝔹]]+b2𝔹¯{uμ,{uμ,𝔹}}\displaystyle+b_{1}\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\left[u^{\mu},\left[u_{\mu},{\mathbb{B}}\right]\right]\rangle+b_{2}\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\{u^{\mu},\{u_{\mu},{\mathbb{B}}\}\}\rangle
+b3𝔹¯{uμ,[uμ,𝔹]}+b4𝔹¯𝔹uμuμ\displaystyle+b_{3}\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\{u^{\mu},\left[u_{\mu},{\mathbb{B}}\right]\}\rangle+b_{4}\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}}\rangle\langle u^{\mu}u_{\mu}\rangle
+ib5(𝔹¯[uμ,[uν,γμ𝒟ν𝔹]]𝔹¯𝒟ν[uν,[uμ,γμ𝔹]])\displaystyle+ib_{5}\left(\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\left[u^{\mu},\left[u^{\nu},\gamma_{\mu}\mathcal{D}_{\nu}{\mathbb{B}}\right]\right]\rangle-\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\overleftarrow{\mathcal{D}}_{\nu}\left[u^{\nu},\left[u^{\mu},\gamma_{\mu}{\mathbb{B}}\right]\right]\rangle\right) (23)
+ib6(𝔹¯[uμ,{uν,γμ𝒟ν𝔹}]𝔹¯𝒟ν{uν,[uμ,γμ𝔹]})\displaystyle+ib_{6}\left(\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\left[u^{\mu},\{u^{\nu},\gamma_{\mu}\mathcal{D}_{\nu}{\mathbb{B}}\}\right]\rangle-\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\overleftarrow{\mathcal{D}}_{\nu}\{u^{\nu},\left[u^{\mu},\gamma_{\mu}{\mathbb{B}}\right]\}\rangle\right)
+ib7(𝔹¯{uμ,{uν,γμ𝒟ν𝔹}}𝔹¯𝒟ν{uν,{uμ,γμ𝔹}})\displaystyle+ib_{7}\left(\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\{u^{\mu},\{u^{\nu},\gamma_{\mu}\mathcal{D}_{\nu}{\mathbb{B}}\}\}\rangle-\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\overleftarrow{\mathcal{D}}_{\nu}\{u^{\nu},\{u^{\mu},\gamma_{\mu}{\mathbb{B}}\}\}\rangle\right)
+ib8(𝔹¯γμ𝒟ν𝔹𝔹¯𝒟νγμ𝔹)uμuν+,\displaystyle+ib_{8}\left(\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\gamma_{\mu}\mathcal{D}_{\nu}{\mathbb{B}}\rangle-\langle\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\overleftarrow{\mathcal{D}}_{\nu}\gamma_{\mu}{\mathbb{B}}\rangle\right)\langle u^{\mu}u^{\nu}\rangle+\raisebox{2.15277pt}{\ldots},

where χ±=uχu±uχu,χ=2B0\chi_{\pm}=u^{\dagger}\chi u^{\dagger}\pm u\chi^{\dagger}u,\chi=2B_{0}\mathcal{M} with B0B_{0} a constant related to the quark condensate in the chiral limit and \mathcal{M} the light-quark mass matrix. We will use the values of involved LECs from Fit II in Ref. [48], which are D=0.8D=0.8, F=0.46F=0.46, bD=0.222(20)b_{D}=0.222(20), bF=0.428(12)b_{F}=-0.428(12), b0=0.714(21)b_{0}=-0.714(21), b1=0.515(132)b_{1}=0.515(132), b2=0.148(48)b_{2}=0.148(48), b3=0.663(155)b_{3}=-0.663(155), b4=0.868(105)b_{4}=-0.868(105), b5=0.643(246)b_{5}=-0.643(246), b6=0.268(334)b_{6}=-0.268(334), b7=0.176(72)b_{7}=0.176(72), b8=0.0694(1638)b_{8}=-0.0694(1638).

II.2.3 The partial-wave amplitudes

Using the LO and NLO Lagrangians given in Eqs. (13, 23), we can calculate the tree-level amplitude for the process of 𝔹𝔹¯ππ{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi as depicted in Fig. 2. However, in order to determine the final state ππ\pi\pi with IJ=00IJ=00, we need to perform a partial-wave (PW) expansion. The generalized PW expansion of the helicity amplitude for arbitrary spin can be found in Ref. [49]. The final PW amplitude for 𝔹𝔹¯ππ{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi reads

T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,L(s)=14πdΩ4π2L+1YL,λ1λ2(θ,ϕ)ei(λ1λ2)ϕθ,0;0,0|T^|0,0;λ1,λ2,\displaystyle T_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,L}(s)=\frac{1}{4\pi}\int{\rm{d}}\Omega\sqrt{\frac{4\pi}{2L+1}}Y^{*}_{L,\lambda_{1}-\lambda_{2}}(\theta,\phi)e^{i(\lambda_{1}-\lambda_{2})\phi}\langle\theta,0;0,0|\hat{T}|0,0;\lambda_{1},\lambda_{2}\rangle\,, (24)

where LL is the relative orbital angular momentum of the pions, λ1\lambda_{1} and λ2\lambda_{2} are the third components of the helicities of 𝔹{\mathbb{B}} and 𝔹¯\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}. The basis is such that 𝔹𝔹¯{\mathbb{B}}\bar{\mathbb{B}} is expanded in terms of |θ0,ϕ0;λ1,λ2|\theta_{0},\phi_{0};\lambda_{1},\lambda_{2}\rangle, and the 𝔹𝔹¯{\mathbb{B}}\bar{\mathbb{B}} relative momentum is chosen to be along the zz axis so that θ0=ϕ0=0\theta_{0}=\phi_{0}=0; (θ,ϕ)(\theta,\phi) are the polar and azimuthal angles of the ππ\pi\pi relative momentum.

For the tree-level SS-wave amplitude for 𝔹𝔹¯ππ{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi, the LHC part from the tt- and uu-channel baryon exchange is555Here we consider only the baryon exchanges such that the two mesons emitted are two pions since we focus on the correlated SS-wave two-pion exchange. That is, although we use an SU(3) chiral Lagrangian, the exchanged baryon has the same strangeness as the external ones. The framework may be understood as an SU(2) one for each of the baryons, but with the LECs matched to those in the SU(3) Lagrangian.

A^0N(s)\displaystyle\hat{A}_{0}^{N}(s) =3(D+F)2mNFπ2L(s,mN,mN,Mπ)s4mN2,\displaystyle=-\frac{\sqrt{3}(D+F)^{2}m_{N}}{F_{\pi}^{2}}\frac{L(s,m_{N},m_{N},M_{\pi})}{\sqrt{s-4m_{N}^{2}}}\,, (25)
A^0Σ(s)\displaystyle\hat{A}_{0}^{\Sigma}(s) =42F2mΣFπ2L(s,mΣ,mΣ,Mπ)s4mΣ22D2(mΣ+mΛ)3Fπ2L(s,mΣ,mΛ,Mπ)s4mΣ2,\displaystyle=-\frac{4\sqrt{2}F^{2}m_{\Sigma}}{F_{\pi}^{2}}\frac{L(s,m_{\Sigma},m_{\Sigma},M_{\pi})}{\sqrt{s-4m_{\Sigma}^{2}}}-\frac{\sqrt{2}D^{2}(m_{\Sigma}+m_{\Lambda})}{3F_{\pi}^{2}}\frac{L(s,m_{\Sigma},m_{\Lambda},M_{\pi})}{\sqrt{s-4m_{\Sigma}^{2}}}\,, (26)
A^0Λ(s)\displaystyle\hat{A}_{0}^{\Lambda}(s) =23D2(mΛ+mΣ)Fπ2L(s,mΛ,mΣ,Mπ)s4mΛ2,\displaystyle=\sqrt{\frac{2}{3}}\frac{D^{2}\left(m_{\Lambda}+m_{\Sigma}\right)}{F_{\pi}^{2}}\frac{L(s,m_{\Lambda},m_{\Sigma},M_{\pi})}{\sqrt{s-4m_{\Lambda}^{2}}}\,, (27)
A^0Ξ(s)\displaystyle\hat{A}_{0}^{\Xi}(s) =3(DF)2mΞFπ2L(s,mΞ,mΞ,Mπ)s4mΞ2,\displaystyle=\frac{\sqrt{3}(D-F)^{2}m_{\Xi}}{F_{\pi}^{2}}\frac{L(s,m_{\Xi},m_{\Xi},M_{\pi})}{\sqrt{s-4m_{\Xi}^{2}}}\,, (28)

where

L(s,m1,m2,m)\displaystyle L(s,m_{1},m_{2},m) =s2m1(m1m2)+H0(s,m1,m2,m)H1(s,m1,m2,m),\displaystyle=s-2m_{1}(m_{1}-m_{2})+H_{0}(s,m_{1},m_{2},m)H_{1}(s,m_{1},m_{2},m)\,,
H0(s,m1,m2,m)\displaystyle H_{0}(s,m_{1},m_{2},m) =2(m1+m2)[2m2m1+2m1(m1m2)2+m2s],\displaystyle=2(m_{1}+m_{2})\left[-2m^{2}m_{1}+2m_{1}(m_{1}-m_{2})^{2}+m_{2}s\right],
H1(s,m1,m2,m)\displaystyle H_{1}(s,m_{1},m_{2},m) =H2+(s,m1,m2,m)H2(s,m1,m2,m)2(s4m2)(s4m12),\displaystyle=\frac{H_{2}^{+}(s,m_{1},m_{2},m)-H_{2}^{-}(s,m_{1},m_{2},m)}{2\sqrt{(s-4m^{2})(s-4m_{1}^{2})}}\,,
H2±(s,m1,m2,m)\displaystyle H_{2}^{\pm}(s,m_{1},m_{2},m) =ln[s2(m2+m12m22)(s4m2)(s4m12)].\displaystyle={\rm{ln}}\left[s-2(m^{2}+m_{1}^{2}-m_{2}^{2})\mp\sqrt{(s-4m^{2})(s-4m_{1}^{2})}\right].

The contact terms, which are from the NLO Lagrangian and contribute to the RHC part of T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,0(s)T_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,0}(s) after taking into account the ππ\pi\pi rescattering, read

A0N(s)=s4mN243Fπ2(\displaystyle A_{0}^{N}(s)=\frac{\sqrt{s-4m_{N}^{2}}}{4\sqrt{3}F_{\pi}^{2}}\Bigl{(} 8Mπ2(6b03(b1+b2+b3+2b4bDbF)2(b5+b6+b7+2b8)mN)\displaystyle 8M_{\pi}^{2}(6b_{0}-3(b_{1}+b_{2}+b_{3}+2b_{4}-b_{D}-b_{F})-2(b_{5}+b_{6}+b_{7}+2b_{8})m_{N})
+4(3(b1+b2+b3+2b4)+(b5+b6+b7+2b8)mN)s),\displaystyle+4(3(b_{1}+b_{2}+b_{3}+2b_{4})+(b_{5}+b_{6}+b_{7}+2b_{8})m_{N})s\Bigr{)}, (29)
A0Σ(s)=s4mΣ262Fπ2(\displaystyle A_{0}^{\Sigma}(s)=\frac{\sqrt{s-4m_{\Sigma}^{2}}}{6\sqrt{2}F_{\pi}^{2}}\Bigl{(} 8Mπ2(9b012b16b29b4+9bD2(4b5+2b7+3b8)mΣ)\displaystyle 8M_{\pi}^{2}(9b_{0}-12b_{1}-6b_{2}-9b_{4}+9b_{D}-2(4b_{5}+2b_{7}+3b_{8})m_{\Sigma})
+4(12b1+6b2+9b4+4b5mΣ+2b7mΣ+3b8mΣ)s),\displaystyle+4(12b_{1}+6b_{2}+9b_{4}+4b_{5}m_{\Sigma}+2b_{7}m_{\Sigma}+3b_{8}m_{\Sigma})s\Bigr{)}, (30)
A0Λ(s)=s4mΛ266Fπ2(\displaystyle A_{0}^{\Lambda}(s)=-\frac{\sqrt{s-4m_{\Lambda}^{2}}}{6\sqrt{6}F_{\pi}^{2}}\Bigl{(} 8Mπ2(9b06b29b4+3bD4b7mΛ6b8mΛ)\displaystyle 8M_{\pi}^{2}(9b_{0}-6b_{2}-9b_{4}+3b_{D}-4b_{7}m_{\Lambda}-6b_{8}m_{\Lambda})
+4(6b2+9b4+2b7mΛ+3b8mΛ)s),\displaystyle+4(6b_{2}+9b_{4}+2b_{7}m_{\Lambda}+3b_{8}m_{\Lambda})s\Bigr{)}, (31)
A0Ξ(s)=s4mΞ243Fπ2(\displaystyle A_{0}^{\Xi}(s)=-\frac{\sqrt{s-4m_{\Xi}^{2}}}{4\sqrt{3}F_{\pi}^{2}}\Bigl{(} 8Mπ2(6b03(b1+b2b3+2b4bD+bF)2(b5b6+b7+2b8)mΞ)\displaystyle 8M_{\pi}^{2}(6b_{0}-3(b_{1}+b_{2}-b_{3}+2b_{4}-b_{D}+b_{F})-2(b_{5}-b_{6}+b_{7}+2b_{8})m_{\Xi})
+4(3(b1+b2b3+2b4)+(b5b6+b7+2b8)mΞ)s),\displaystyle+4(3(b_{1}+b_{2}-b_{3}+2b_{4})+(b_{5}-b_{6}+b_{7}+2b_{8})m_{\Xi})s\Bigr{)}, (32)

where the parameter FπF_{\pi} is the decay constant of the π\pi in the chiral limit. Since we use the LECs determined in Ref. [48], we adopt the same value Fπ=87.1F_{\pi}=87.1 MeV [50] for consistency.

Moreover, employing Eq. (5), the tree-level SS-wave amplitudes for 𝔹𝔹¯ππ{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi after eliminating the kinematical singularities read, for the LHC part,

A^0Nnew(s)\displaystyle\hat{A}_{0}^{N\ {\rm{new}}}(s) =3(D+F)2mNFπ2L(s,mN,mN,Mπ),\displaystyle=-\frac{\sqrt{3}(D+F)^{2}m_{N}}{F_{\pi}^{2}}L(s,m_{N},m_{N},M_{\pi}), (33)
A^0Σnew(s)\displaystyle\hat{A}_{0}^{\Sigma\ {\rm{new}}}(s) =42F2mΣFπ2L(s,mΣ,mΣ,Mπ)2D2(mΣ+mΛ)3Fπ2L(s,mΣ,mΛ,Mπ),\displaystyle=-\frac{4\sqrt{2}F^{2}m_{\Sigma}}{F_{\pi}^{2}}L(s,m_{\Sigma},m_{\Sigma},M_{\pi})-\frac{\sqrt{2}D^{2}(m_{\Sigma}+m_{\Lambda})}{3F_{\pi}^{2}}L(s,m_{\Sigma},m_{\Lambda},M_{\pi}), (34)
A^0Λnew(s)\displaystyle\hat{A}_{0}^{\Lambda\ {\rm{new}}}(s) =23D2(mΛ+mΣ)Fπ2L(s,mΛ,mΣ,Mπ),\displaystyle=\sqrt{\frac{2}{3}}\frac{D^{2}\left(m_{\Lambda}+m_{\Sigma}\right)}{F_{\pi}^{2}}L(s,m_{\Lambda},m_{\Sigma},M_{\pi}), (35)
A^0Ξnew(s)\displaystyle\hat{A}_{0}^{\Xi\ {\rm{new}}}(s) =3(DF)2mΞFπ2L(s,mΞ,mΞ,Mπ),\displaystyle=\frac{\sqrt{3}(D-F)^{2}m_{\Xi}}{F_{\pi}^{2}}L(s,m_{\Xi},m_{\Xi},M_{\pi}), (36)

and for the contact term part,

A0Nnew(s)=s4mN243Fπ2(\displaystyle A_{0}^{N\ {\rm{new}}}(s)=\frac{s-4m_{N}^{2}}{4\sqrt{3}F_{\pi}^{2}}\Bigl{(} 8Mπ2[6b03(b1+b2+b3+2b4bDbF)2(b5+b6+b7+2b8)mN]\displaystyle 8M_{\pi}^{2}[6b_{0}-3(b_{1}+b_{2}+b_{3}+2b_{4}-b_{D}-b_{F})-2(b_{5}+b_{6}+b_{7}+2b_{8})m_{N}]
+4[3(b1+b2+b3+2b4)+(b5+b6+b7+2b8)mN]s),\displaystyle+4[3(b_{1}+b_{2}+b_{3}+2b_{4})+(b_{5}+b_{6}+b_{7}+2b_{8})m_{N}]s\Bigr{)}, (37)
A0Σnew(s)=s4mΣ262Fπ2(\displaystyle A_{0}^{\Sigma\ {\rm{new}}}(s)=\frac{s-4m_{\Sigma}^{2}}{6\sqrt{2}F_{\pi}^{2}}\Bigl{(} 8Mπ2[9b012b16b29b4+9bD2(4b5+2b7+3b8)mΣ]\displaystyle 8M_{\pi}^{2}[9b_{0}-12b_{1}-6b_{2}-9b_{4}+9b_{D}-2(4b_{5}+2b_{7}+3b_{8})m_{\Sigma}]
+4(12b1+6b2+9b4+4b5mΣ+2b7mΣ+3b8mΣ)s),\displaystyle+4(12b_{1}+6b_{2}+9b_{4}+4b_{5}m_{\Sigma}+2b_{7}m_{\Sigma}+3b_{8}m_{\Sigma})s\Bigr{)}, (38)
A0Λnew(s)=s4mΛ266Fπ2(\displaystyle A_{0}^{\Lambda\ {\rm{new}}}(s)=-\frac{s-4m_{\Lambda}^{2}}{6\sqrt{6}F_{\pi}^{2}}\Bigl{(} 8Mπ2(9b06b29b4+3bD4b7mΛ6b8mΛ)\displaystyle 8M_{\pi}^{2}(9b_{0}-6b_{2}-9b_{4}+3b_{D}-4b_{7}m_{\Lambda}-6b_{8}m_{\Lambda})
+4(6b2+9b4+2b7mΛ+3b8mΛ)s),\displaystyle+4(6b_{2}+9b_{4}+2b_{7}m_{\Lambda}+3b_{8}m_{\Lambda})s\Bigr{)}, (39)
A0Ξnew(s)=s4mΞ243Fπ2(\displaystyle A_{0}^{\Xi\ {\rm{new}}}(s)=-\frac{s-4m_{\Xi}^{2}}{4\sqrt{3}F_{\pi}^{2}}\Bigl{(} 8Mπ2[6b03(b1+b2b3+2b4bD+bF)2(b5b6+b7+2b8)mΞ]\displaystyle 8M_{\pi}^{2}[6b_{0}-3(b_{1}+b_{2}-b_{3}+2b_{4}-b_{D}+b_{F})-2(b_{5}-b_{6}+b_{7}+2b_{8})m_{\Xi}]
+4[3(b1+b2b3+2b4)+(b5b6+b7+2b8)mΞ]s).\displaystyle+4[3(b_{1}+b_{2}-b_{3}+2b_{4})+(b_{5}-b_{6}+b_{7}+2b_{8})m_{\Xi}]s\Bigr{)}. (40)

II.2.4 The Muskhelishvili-Omnès representation

We now incorporate the ππ\pi\pi rescattering based on the tree-level amplitude, into the Muskhelishvili-Omnès representation. For the 𝔹𝔹¯ππ{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi process, we partition the total SS-wave kinematical-singularity-free amplitude into the LHC and the RHC parts,

T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,0new(s)=R𝔹,0new(s)+L𝔹,0new(s).\displaystyle T_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,0}^{\rm{new}}(s)=R_{{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{new}}(s)+L_{{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{new}}(s). (41)

Utilizing the ππ\pi\pi amplitude in the scalar-isoscalar channel Tππππ,0(s)=eiδ0(s)sinδ0(s)/ρπ(s)T_{\pi\pi\to\pi\pi,0}(s)=e^{i\delta_{0}(s)}\sin\delta_{0}(s)/\rho_{\pi}(s), where δ0(s)\delta_{0}(s) is the SS-wave isoscalar phase shift, and since there is no overlap between the LHC and RHC for kinematic-singularity-free amplitudes,666The RHC is chosen to be along the positive ss axis in the interval s4Mπ2s\geq 4M_{\pi}^{2}. The LHC is in the interval (,(4m𝔹2Mπ2(m02m𝔹2Mπ2)2)/m02]\left(-\infty,\left(4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}M_{\pi}^{2}-(m_{0}^{2}-m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}-M_{\pi}^{2})^{2}\right)/{m_{0}^{2}}\right] for the tt- or uu-channel process of 𝔹𝔹¯ππ{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi, where m0m_{0} represents the mass of the exchanged particle. It can be easily proven that (4m𝔹2Mπ2(m02m𝔹2Mπ2)2)/m024Mπ2\left(4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}M_{\pi}^{2}-(m_{0}^{2}-m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}-M_{\pi}^{2})^{2}\right)/{m_{0}^{2}}\leq 4M_{\pi}^{2}. the unitary relation implies,

disc[R𝔹,0new(s)]=2i(R𝔹,0new(s)+L𝔹,0new(s))eiδ0(s)sinδ0(s)θ(s2Mπ).\displaystyle{\rm{disc}}\left[R_{{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{new}}(s)\right]=2i\left(R_{{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{new}}(s)+L_{{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{new}}(s)\right)e^{-i\delta_{0}(s)}\sin\delta_{0}(s)\theta(\sqrt{s}-2M_{\pi}). (42)

To solve this equation, we first define the Omnès function [51],

Ω0(s)exp[sπ4Mπ2+δ0(z)z(zs)dz].\displaystyle\Omega_{0}(s)\equiv\exp{\left[\frac{s}{\pi}\int_{4M_{\pi}^{2}}^{+\infty}\frac{\delta_{0}(z)}{z(z-s)}{\rm{d}}z\right]}. (43)

By using Ω0(s±iϵ)=|Ω0(s)|e±iδ0(s)\Omega_{0}(s\pm i\epsilon)=|\Omega_{0}(s)|e^{\pm i\delta_{0}(s)}, we further derive

disc[R𝔹,0new(s)Ω0(s)]=2iL𝔹,0new(s)|Ω0(s)|sinδ0(s)θ(s2Mπ).\displaystyle{\rm{disc}}\left[\frac{R_{{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{new}}(s)}{\Omega_{0}(s)}\right]=2i\frac{L_{{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{new}}(s)}{|\Omega_{0}(s)|}\sin\delta_{0}(s)\theta(\sqrt{s}-2M_{\pi}). (44)

Therefore, we can derive a DR with nn subtractions,

R𝔹,0new(s)=Ω0(s)(Pn1(s)+snπ4Mπ2+dzL𝔹,0new(z)sinδ0(z)(zs)zn|Ω0(z)|),\displaystyle R_{{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{new}}(s)=\Omega_{0}(s)\left(P_{n-1}(s)+\frac{s^{n}}{\pi}\int_{4M_{\pi}^{2}}^{+\infty}{\rm{d}}z\frac{L_{{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{new}}(z)\sin\delta_{0}(z)}{(z-s)z^{n}|\Omega_{0}(z)|}\right), (45)

where Pn1(s)P_{n-1}(s) is an arbitrary polynomial of order n1n-1. Finally, we obtain a DR for T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,0new(s)T_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,0}^{\rm{new}}(s) as

T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,0new(s)=L𝔹,0new(s)+Ω0(s)(Pn1(s)+snπ4Mπ2+dzL𝔹,0new(z)sinδ0(z)(zs)zn|Ω0(z)|).\displaystyle T_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,0}^{\rm{new}}(s)=L_{{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{new}}(s)+\Omega_{0}(s)\left(P_{n-1}(s)+\frac{s^{n}}{\pi}\int_{4M_{\pi}^{2}}^{+\infty}{\rm{d}}z\frac{L_{{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{new}}(z)\sin\delta_{0}(z)}{(z-s)z^{n}|\Omega_{0}(z)|}\right). (46)

For the phase shift δ0(s)\delta_{0}(s), we take the parametrization in Ref. [52]. For the Ω0(s)\Omega_{0}(s) Omnès function, we take the Ω11(s)\Omega_{11}(s) matrix element of the coupled-channel Omnès matrix for the ππ\pi\pi-KK¯K\bar{K} SS-wave interaction obtained in Ref. [53].

The above equation provides a reasonable form that incorporates the ππ\pi\pi rescattering. The LHC part L𝔹,0new(s)L_{{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{new}}(s) and the polynomial Pn1(s)P_{n-1}(s) may be determined by matching at low energies to the chiral amplitudes as done in Refs. [54, 55, 56, 57, 58]. We perform the matching when the ππ\pi\pi rescattering is switched off, i.e., δ0(s)=0\delta_{0}(s)=0, which leads to Ω0(s)=1\Omega_{0}(s)=1. Consequently, for the 𝔹𝔹¯ππ{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi process, we can approximate L𝔹,0new(s)A^0𝔹new(s)L_{{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{new}}(s)\sim\hat{A}_{0}^{{\mathbb{B}}\ {\rm{new}}}(s) and Pn1(s)A0𝔹new(s)P_{n-1}(s)\sim A_{0}^{{\mathbb{B}}\ {\rm{new}}}(s).

Moreover, there is a polynomial ambiguity as discussed in Refs. [59, 60]. If the asymptotic value of the phase shift δ0(s)\delta_{0}(s) is not 0 but nπn\pi as ss\to\infty, the corresponding Omnès function will approach 1/sn1/s^{n} asymptotically. In our case, the phase shift δ0(s)sπ\delta_{0}(s)\overset{s\to\infty}{\rightarrow}\pi implies Ω0(s)s1/s\Omega_{0}(s)\overset{s\to\infty}{\rightarrow}1/s, thus the general solution of the unitarity condition (42) contains 33 free parameters [59, 60] (assuming that T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,0newT^{\rm{new}}_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,0} is asymptotically bounded by ss). However, although the standard twice subtracted DR via Eq. (46) indeed grows like ss (notice that n=2n=2), it contains only 22 free parameters in the polynomial, i.e., one parameter less than the general solution. Hence we propose an oversubtracted DR (twice subtracted DR with an order-2 polynomial matching to the ChPT amplitudes) that can be solved uniquely. In summary, the final DR is given as

T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,0new(s)=A^0𝔹new(s)+Ω0(s)(A0𝔹new(s)+s2π4Mπ2+dzA^0𝔹new(z)sinδ0(z)(zs)z2|Ω0(z)|).\displaystyle T^{\rm{new}}_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,0}(s)=\hat{A}_{0}^{{\mathbb{B}}\ {\rm{new}}}(s)+\Omega_{0}(s)\left(A_{0}^{{\mathbb{B}}\ {\rm{new}}}(s)+\frac{s^{2}}{\pi}\int_{4M_{\pi}^{2}}^{+\infty}{\rm{d}}z\frac{\hat{A}_{0}^{{\mathbb{B}}\ {\rm{new}}}(z)\sin{\delta_{0}(z)}}{(z-s)z^{2}|\Omega_{0}(z)|}\right). (47)
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Figure 3: Real (left panel) and imaginary (right panel) parts of the tree-level tt- and uu-channel exchange amplitude for the process of ΣΣ¯ππ\Sigma\bar{\Sigma}\to\pi\pi projected to the ππ\pi\pi SS-wave as given in Eq. (26). The branch cut of the square root function is chosen to be along the positive real ss axis.
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Figure 4: Real (left panel) and imaginary (right panel) parts of the tree-level tt- and uu-channel exchange amplitude as given in Eq. (34) for the process of ΣΣ¯ππ\Sigma\bar{\Sigma}\to\pi\pi projected to the ππ\pi\pi SS-wave. The amplitude is free of kinematical singularities and has only the desired LHC.

From the above derivation, it is important to note that Eq. (47) can only be applied when the singularity of the LHC is exclusively included in A^0𝔹new(s)\hat{A}_{0}^{{\mathbb{B}}\ {\rm{new}}}(s), and there is no overlap between the LHC and RHC. The original tt- and uu-channel exchange amplitudes Eqs. (25-28) do not satisfy this condition due to the factor s4m𝔹2\sqrt{s-4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}}. Let us take ΣΣ¯ππ\Sigma\bar{\Sigma}\to\pi\pi as an example. From Fig. 3, it becomes apparent that the amplitude in Eq. (26) includes the LHC (,4Mπ2Mπ4/mΣ2]\left(-\infty,4M_{\pi}^{2}-{M_{\pi}^{4}}/{m_{\Sigma}^{2}}\right] derived from the particle exchanging in the crossed channel, as well as a kinematical cut in the physical region. Therefore, directly substituting Eq. (26) into Eq. (47) is invalid and disrupts the self-consistency of the theory. By employing the method described in Sec. II.2.1 to eliminate the kinematical singularities, the kinematical-singularity-free SS-wave amplitude A^0Σnew(s)\hat{A}^{\Sigma\ {\rm{new}}}_{0}(s) in Eq. (34) has only the LHC and satisfies the condition for Eq. (47), as demonstrated in Fig. 4.

At this stage, we can substitute the amplitude given by Eqs. (33-40) into Eq. (47) to obtain the amplitude denoted as T𝔹𝔹¯ππ,0new(s)T^{\rm{new}}_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\pi\pi,0}(s). It includes the SS-wave ππ\pi\pi rescattering and does not exhibit any kinematical singularities. Then, utilizing Eqs. (9-12), we get the discontinuity in Eq. (4), and finally, the DR amplitude for 𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹{\mathbb{B}}\bar{\mathbb{B}}\to\bar{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}} from exchanging correlated SS-wave ππ\pi\pi is obtained by performing the dispersive integral.

III Determination of coupling constants

Now we compare the two amplitudes, OBE\mathcal{M}^{\rm{OBE}} in Eq. (3) and DR\mathcal{M}^{\rm{DR}} and Eq. (4), to determine the coupling constant g𝔹𝔹σg_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma}.

III.1 Matching ss-channel amplitudes

Let us first compare the two amplitudes in Eqs. (3, 4) in the ss-channel physical region, specifically s4m𝔹2s\geq 4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}. Since the amplitudes from exchanging σ\sigma and from exchanging the correlated SS-wave ππ\pi\pi have the same Lorentz structure, we can compare the two amplitudes at large ss values so that the pion masses and the σ\sigma mass in the OBE amplitude play little role. A comparison of OBE\mathcal{M}^{\rm{OBE}} and DR\mathcal{M}^{\rm{DR}} in the physical region of s4m𝔹2s\geq 4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2} is shown in Fig. 5, where g𝔹𝔹σg_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma} has been adjusted so that the two amplitudes coincide in the physical region and mσ=0.5m_{\sigma}=0.5 GeV is taken. In fact, matching Eqs. (3, 4) at s4m𝔹2s\geq 4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}, one gets

2πiC𝔹g𝔹𝔹σ24Mπ2s0disc[𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹,0DR(z)]z4m𝔹2smσ2szdz.\displaystyle-2\pi iC_{\mathbb{B}}g_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma}^{2}\approx\int_{4M_{\pi}^{2}}^{s_{0}}\frac{{\rm{disc}}\left[\mathcal{M}^{\rm{DR}}_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}},0}(z)\right]}{z-4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}}\frac{s-m_{\sigma}^{2}}{s-z}{\rm{d}}z\,. (48)

Since ss is much larger than both mσ2m_{\sigma}^{2} or zs0(0.8GeV)2z\leq s_{0}\simeq(0.8~{}\mathrm{GeV})^{2}, one obtains the following sum rule:

g𝔹𝔹σ2=12πiC𝔹4Mπ2s0disc[𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹,0DR(z)]z4m𝔹2dz.\displaystyle g_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma}^{2}=-\frac{1}{2\pi iC_{\mathbb{B}}}\int_{4M_{\pi}^{2}}^{s_{0}}\frac{{\rm{disc}}\left[\mathcal{M}^{\rm{DR}}_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}},0}(z)\right]}{z-4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}}{\rm{d}}z\,. (49)

The numerical results of the scalar coupling constants are presented in Table 1, where the uncertainties in the second to fourth columns arise from the error propagated from those of the NLO LECs and the choice of the upper limit for the dispersive integral (see below), corresponding to Eqs. (4, 47). In addition to the results obtained in the SU(3) framework, we also investigate gNNσg_{NN\sigma} in the SU(2) framework. The details are presented in Appendix B, and the results are listed in the last row in Table 1, labeled as gNNσSU(2)g^{\rm SU(2)}_{NN\sigma}. Moreover, remarks are made on the difference in gNNσg_{NN\sigma} under the SU(2) and SU(3) frameworks in Appendix B.

Let us comment on the calculation of the two dispersive integrals. The first one, given by Eq. (47), is computed over the integration range of [4Mπ2,(s0+ϵ)2][4M_{\pi}^{2},(\sqrt{s_{0}}+\epsilon)^{2}]. The second one, given by Eq. (4), is integrated over [(2Mπ+ϵ)2,s0][(2M_{\pi}+\epsilon)^{2},s_{0}].777Here, ϵ\epsilon represents a small positive quantity that is relatively insignificant when compared to s0\sqrt{s_{0}} and 2Mπ2M_{\pi}. As long as it is much smaller than MπM_{\pi}, the specific value has negligible impact on the results. Note that the range of the second integral is completely covered by that of the first one to avoid unphysical singularities.

The central values in Table 1 are obtained by setting s0\sqrt{s_{0}} to 0.8 GeV as in Ref. [39] and utilizing the central values of the NLO LECs provided in Ref. [48]. The uncertainties of the NLO LECs as determined in Ref. [48] are propagated to the coupling constants by using the bootstrap method. The resulting average values and corresponding standard deviations introduce the first source of errors in the third and fourth columns in Table 1 (the bib_{i} LECs appear only in the RHC contributions, and we have fixed the pion decay constant; thus the second column does not have errors from LECs). Furthermore, we vary s0\sqrt{s_{0}} from 0.7 GeV to 0.9 GeV, which constitute the errors in the second column and the second source of errors in the third and fourth columns.

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Figure 5: Comparison of the OBE amplitudes with different coupling constants obtained from ss-channel σ\sigma exchange and the DR amplitudes for different cases by using the central values of the LECs provided in Ref. [48] and setting s0\sqrt{s_{0}} to 0.8 GeV as in Ref. [39]. The subscripts RHC, LHC and Total in DR\mathcal{M}^{\rm{DR}} represent that the corresponding amplitudes consider only the RHC part shown in Fig. 2 (c), only the LHC part shown in Fig. 2 (a) and (b), and both contributions combined, respectively.
Table 1: The coupling constants g𝔹𝔹σg_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma} as given by the sum rule in Eq. (49).999The numerical results show that the total coupling g𝔹𝔹σtotalg_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma}^{\rm{total}} does not align with the mere addition of the LHC and RHC couplings, g𝔹𝔹σLHC+g𝔹𝔹σRHCg_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma}^{\rm{LHC}}+g_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma}^{\rm{RHC}}. This difference stems from the fact that both the LHC and RHC terms in Eq. (47) share the same phase factor, specifically eiδ0(s)e^{i\delta_{0}(s)}. Consequently, we anticipate the emergence of constructive and destructive interference effects in the subsequent computations involving the squared amplitude, as detailed in Eqs. (9-12), as well as during the integration procedures outlined in Eq. (49). The second, third and fourth columns list the results when only the LHC part shown in Fig. 2 (a) and (b), only the RHC part shown in Fig. 2 (c) and both of them are considered, respectively. The fifth to eleventh columns list the coupling constants from other references. For the seventh column, the values outside and inside the brackets represent the results calculated using different models in Ref. [34]. The last column lists the mass (in MeV) of the σ\sigma determined in the t/ut/u-channel amplitude matching, as detailed in III.2. The last row for gNNσSU(2)g^{\rm SU(2)}_{NN\sigma} lists the results obtained in the SU(2) framework, as detailed in Appendix B.
LHC RHC Total [33] [18] [34] [37] [36] [24] [23] mσm_{\sigma}
gΣΣσg_{\Sigma\Sigma\sigma} 1.80.5+0.51.8_{-0.5}^{+0.5} 3.51.80.9+2.0+0.83.5_{-1.8-0.9}^{+2.0+0.8} 3.51.30.4+1.8+0.43.5_{-1.3-0.4}^{+1.8+0.4} - - 10.85(8.92) 4.65 - - - 51948+50519_{-48}^{+50}
gΞΞσg_{\Xi\Xi\sigma} 0.20.1+0.10.2_{-0.1}^{+0.1} 2.61.40.6+1.5+0.52.6_{-1.4-0.6}^{+1.5+0.5} 2.51.30.6+1.5+0.52.5_{-1.3-0.6}^{+1.5+0.5} - - - - - 3.4 - 61481+56614_{-81}^{+56}
gΛΛσg_{\Lambda\Lambda\sigma} 1.20.3+0.41.2_{-0.3}^{+0.4} 6.71.11.7+1.0+1.46.7_{-1.1-1.7}^{+1.0+1.4} 6.81.01.4+1.0+1.16.8_{-1.0-1.4}^{+1.0+1.1} - - 8.18(6.54) 4.37 - - 6.59 59651+41596_{-51}^{+41}
gNNσg_{NN\sigma} 2.90.8+0.92.9_{-0.8}^{+0.9} 8.81.42.3+1.4+1.98.8_{-1.4-2.3}^{+1.4+1.9} 8.71.31.4+1.3+1.18.7_{-1.3-1.4}^{+1.3+1.1} 12.78 8.46 8.46 8.58 13.85 10.2 9.86 55842+33558_{-42}^{+33}
gNNσSU(2)g^{\rm SU(2)}_{NN\sigma} 2.70.8+0.82.7_{-0.8}^{+0.8} 12.50.23.2+0.2+2.612.5_{-0.2-3.2}^{+0.2+2.6} 12.20.22.3+0.2+1.912.2_{-0.2-2.3}^{+0.2+1.9} 58648+38586_{-48}^{+38}

Results from other studies on these scalar couplings are also listed in Table 1. For gNNσg_{NN\sigma} that has been estimated in many works, we find a good agreement with existing results, which supports the validity of our framework. Here we briefly discuss the methods used in the literature. In Ref. [33], the authors investigated the SS-wave NN¯ππN\bar{N}\to\pi\pi amplitudes with the ππ\pi\pi rescattering and the results revealed that the intertwined contribution from the ππ\pi\pi SS-wave can be elegantly described as a broad σ\sigma-meson with a mass of approximately mσ4.8Mπm_{\sigma}\!\sim\!4.8\,M_{\pi} and a coupling strength of gNNσ12.78g_{NN\sigma}\!\sim\!12.78. In Ref. [18], displaying the outcomes derived from the Bonn meson-exchange model, they found that the correlated SS-wave ππ\pi\pi exchange can be further approximated by a zero width scalar exchange, with the corresponding mass and coupling constant readjusted to 550 MeV and 8.46, respectively. In Ref. [34], the authors also considered the σ\sigma exchange as an effective parameterization for the correlated SS-wave ππ\pi\pi exchange contribution. They utilized the result from the full Bonn meson-exchange model [18] for the nucleon, i.e., the value in the sixth column of Table 1, and gΛΛσg_{\Lambda\Lambda\sigma} and gΣΣσg_{\Sigma\Sigma\sigma} are determined by a fit to the empirical hyperon-nucleon data using two different models, with the distinction lying in whether higher-order processes involving a spin-32\frac{3}{2} baryon in the intermediate state were considered in the hyperon-nucleon interaction. In Ref. [37], the authors calculated the 𝔹𝔹¯ππ{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}^{\prime}\to\pi\pi and 𝔹𝔹¯KK¯{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}^{\prime}\to K\bar{K} amplitudes in the light of hadron-exchange picture. Based on an ansatz for Lagrangian, various symmetries and assumptions, they reduced the number of free parameters as many as possible, and then the parameters were fixed by adjusting the NN¯ππN\bar{N}\to\pi\pi amplitudes to the quasi-empirical data. With these parameters and the existing ππ\pi\pi scattering phase shifts they got the 𝔹𝔹¯ππ{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}^{\prime}\to\pi\pi and 𝔹𝔹¯KK¯{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}^{\prime}\to K\bar{K} amplitudes in the pseudo-physical region after solving the Blankenbecler-Sugar equation. Then employing the DR they got the spectral function which denotes the strength of a hadron-exchange process, namely the coupling constants. The eighth column in Table 1 represents their results, which are also similar to those reported in Ref. [38]. In later development of the Jülich meson-exchange model in Ref. [36], the authors conducted an analysis of the coupled-channel dynamics and performed a simultaneous fit to the experimental data of various reactions, including πNπN\pi N\to\pi N, ηN\eta N, KΛK\Lambda and KΣK\Sigma, with the ππN\pi\pi N intermediate state parameterized as the σN\sigma N, πΔ\pi\Delta and ρN\rho N channels. In their fitting, the coupling constant is determined to be gNNσ=13.85g_{NN\sigma}=13.85. In Ref. [23], the authors used gΛΛσ=23gNNσg_{\Lambda\Lambda\sigma}=\frac{2}{3}g_{NN\sigma} from SU(3) consideration and took gNNσg_{NN\sigma} from Ref. [18]. In Ref. [24], gNNσ=mN/Fπg_{NN\sigma}={m_{N}}/{F_{\pi}} was determined using the linear σ\sigma model [61]. Then under the assumption that the σ\sigma meson only couples to the uu and dd quarks, the authors got gΞΞσ=13gNNσg_{\Xi\Xi\sigma}=\frac{1}{3}g_{NN\sigma} based on the quark model consideration. Additionally, in Ref. [62], the authors calculated the NNNN potential arising from the exchange of a correlated SS-wave isoscalar pion pair, i.e., the σ\sigma channel, utilizing a unitary approach based on the lowest order chiral Lagrangian and the Bethe-Salpeter equation for the analysis of ππ\pi\pi scattering. A qualitative estimate for gNNσ5g_{NN\sigma}\sim 5 was obtained, at the right order of the values quoted in Table 1.

III.2 Matching 𝒕/𝒖\bm{t/u}-channel amplitudes

In the preceding subsection, it becomes evident that for the ss-channel process of 𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}}, the selection of an apt coupling constant g𝔹𝔹σg_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma} allows for the σ\sigma exchange to mimic the correlated ππ\pi\pi intermediate state with IJ=00IJ=00 in physical region, s4m𝔹2s\geq 4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}. However, when employing the OBE model to estimate the interaction between hadrons, the σ\sigma is exchanged in the tt- or uu-channel, as illustrated in Fig. 6 (b) rather than in the ss-channel, as demonstrated in Fig. 1 (b). Therefore, to derive the parameters for the σ\sigma exchange that can be used in the OBE model, one needs to conduct an analysis of the tt- and uu-channel meson-exchange processes. As elaborated in Appendix C, the crossing symmetry relations provide a means to relate the t(u)t(u)-channel process to the ss-channel one. It becomes evident that, should we manage to align the two amplitudes within the non-physical region of the ss-channel process, specifically s[4m𝔹2t,0]s\in[4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}-t,0], we can subsequently match the corresponding pair of amplitudes within the physical region of the t(u)t(u)-channel process, i.e., t4m𝔹2t\geq 4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}, relevant for the low-energy 𝔹𝔹{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}} scattering.

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Figure 6: The Feynman diagram for the tt-channel process of 𝔹𝔹𝔹𝔹{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\to{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}} with the intermediate state of ππ\pi\pi (a) or σ\sigma (b). In (a), the black dots imply ππ\pi\pi interaction.

In order for the σ\sigma exchange to approximate the SS-wave correlated two pions in the few hundred MeV region, we also need to adjust the σ\sigma mass in addition to the couplings derived above.101010Since in the 𝔹𝔹{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}} scattering physical region, the exchanged two pions cannot go on shell, a real mass, instead of the complex pole, for the σ\sigma meson in the OBE model should be used. As an example, in Fig. 7, we show the comparison of the OBE amplitude and the DR amplitude for the ΞΞ\Xi\Xi case at the tt-channel threshold. One finds from Fig. 7 (b) that by adjusting the σ\sigma mass to about 61481+56614_{-81}^{+56} MeV, the DR amplitude using the central values of the LECs can be very well reproduced. The matching point has been chosen to be s=0s=0 GeV2, corresponding to the tt-channel 𝔹𝔹{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}} threshold. To see the dependence on the σ\sigma mass, we also show the comparison for mσ=500m_{\sigma}=500 MeV in Fig. 7 (a).

The aforementioned analysis can be readily extended to the other ground state octet baryons, yielding the results shown in Fig. 8. From Figs. 57 (b) and 8, it is apparent that if our aim is to use a simple σ\sigma exchange in the OBE model to concurrently match a complex correlated ππ\pi\pi exchange with IJ=00IJ=00 in the ss-, tt- and uu-channel physical region, the mσm_{\sigma} values required by different processes differ. Specifically, we find mσΣ=51948+50m_{\sigma}^{\Sigma}=519_{-48}^{+50} MeV, mσΞ=61481+56m_{\sigma}^{\Xi}=614_{-81}^{+56} MeV, mσΛ=59651+41m_{\sigma}^{\Lambda}=596_{-51}^{+41} MeV and mσN=55842+33m_{\sigma}^{N}=558_{-42}^{+33} MeV, where the uncertainties correspond to those of the couplings added in quadrature.111111The superscript of mσ𝔹m_{\sigma}^{\mathbb{B}} is utilized to represent the mass of this σ\sigma which is derived from the process of 𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}}. These values are listed in the last column of Table 1. This echoes previous attempts to modify the mass of σ\sigma, a broad resonance with a mass approximately equal to 4.8Mπ4.8\ M_{\pi} [33], to a mass of 550 MeV with a zero width [18], which is within all the above ranges. The goal of such modification was to allow a single σ\sigma exchange to more accurately replicate the results of a correlated ππ\pi\pi exchange with IJ=00IJ=00.

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Figure 7: Comparison of the OBE amplitude, with the coupling constant taking the central value listed in Table 1 and different mσΞm_{\sigma}^{\Xi} values in the process of ΞΞ¯Ξ¯Ξ\Xi\bar{\Xi}\to\bar{\Xi}\Xi, and the DR amplitude using the central values of the LECs provided in Ref. [48] and setting s0\sqrt{s_{0}} to 0.8 GeV as in Ref. [39].
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Figure 8: Matching at 𝔹𝔹{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}} threshold the OBE amplitudes, with the coupling constant taking the central value listed in Table 1, to the DR amplitudes using the central values of the LECs provided in Ref. [48] and setting s0\sqrt{s_{0}} to 0.8 GeV as in Ref. [39].

IV summary

In this work, we evaluate the couplings of the σ\sigma meson to the 12+\frac{1}{2}^{+} ground state light baryons, which are essential inputs of the OBE models, by matching the baryon-baryon scattering amplitudes through correlated SS-wave isoscalar ππ\pi\pi intermediate state to the OBE ones. Using the LO and NLO SU(3) chiral baryon-meson Lagrangians, we carefully handle the kinematical singularities and utilize DR and incorporate the ππ\pi\pi rescattering by Muskhelishvili-Omnès representation to obtain the DR amplitude. Considering the phenomenological σ\sigma exchange as an effective parameterization for the correlated ππ\pi\pi exchange contribution in the IJ=00IJ=00 channel, we determine the scalar coupling constants g𝔹𝔹σg_{{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma} from the ss-channel matching, as listed in Table 1. Specifically, gΣΣσ=3.51.3+1.8g_{\Sigma\Sigma\sigma}=3.5_{-1.3}^{+1.8}, gΞΞσ=2.51.4+1.5g_{\Xi\Xi\sigma}=2.5_{-1.4}^{+1.5}, gΛΛσ=6.81.7+1.5g_{\Lambda\Lambda\sigma}=6.8_{-1.7}^{+1.5}, and gNNσ=8.71.9+1.7g_{NN\sigma}=8.7_{-1.9}^{+1.7}, where the errors are obtained by adding the corresponding ones in Table 1 in quadrature. This is achieved by comparing the DR amplitude and OBE amplitude in the physical region of the ss-channel process, specifically, s4m𝔹2s\geq 4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}. Concurrently, we estimate the uncertainties of the scalar coupling constants arising from the NLO LECs [48] and variation of the upper limit for the dispersive integral. Moreover, by extending the analysis to the physical region of the corresponding t/ut/u-channel process via the crossing relation, we obtain the σ\sigma mass to be used together with the determined 𝔹𝔹σ{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\sigma coupling constant. The value depends on the process but is always around 550 MeV. We also compute the NNσNN\sigma coupling by matching to the SU(2) CHPT amplitude with the LECs determined in Refs. [63, 64], and the result is gNNσSU(2)=12.22.3+1.9g_{NN\sigma}^{\rm SU(2)}=12.2_{-2.3}^{+1.9}.

The effective coupling constants obtained here can be used to describe the interaction between light hadrons and other hadrons through the σ\sigma exchange. The same method can be applied to the determination of the coupling constants of σ\sigma and other hadrons, such as heavy mesons and baryons, the interactions between which are crucial to understand the abundance of exotic hadron candidates observed at various experiments in last two decades.

Acknowledgements.
We would like to thank Ulf-G. Meißner for a careful reading of the manuscript. This work is supported in part by the Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grants No. XDB34030000 and No. YSBR-101; by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) through the funds provided to the Sino-German Collaborative Research Center TRR110 “Symmetries and the Emergence of Structure in QCD” (NSFC Grant No. 12070131001, DFG Project-ID 196253076); by the NSFC under Grants No. 12125507, No. 11835015, and No. 12047503; and by the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (CPSF) under No. GZC20232773 and the CPSF No. 2023M743601.

Appendix A Isospin conventions

In this work, we use the following isospin conventions [65]:

|π+\displaystyle|\pi^{+}\rangle =|1,1,\displaystyle=-|1,1\rangle, |π0\displaystyle|\pi^{0}\rangle =|1,0,\displaystyle=|1,0\rangle,
|π\displaystyle|\pi^{-}\rangle =|1,1,\displaystyle=|1,-1\rangle, |Σ+\displaystyle|\Sigma^{+}\rangle =|1,1,\displaystyle=-|1,1\rangle,
|Σ0\displaystyle|\Sigma^{0}\rangle =|1,0,\displaystyle=|1,0\rangle, |Σ\displaystyle|\Sigma^{-}\rangle =|1,1,\displaystyle=|1,-1\rangle,
|Σ¯+\displaystyle|\bar{\Sigma}^{+}\rangle =|1,1,\displaystyle=-|1,1\rangle, |Σ¯0\displaystyle|\bar{\Sigma}^{0}\rangle =|1,0,\displaystyle=|1,0\rangle,
|Σ¯\displaystyle|\bar{\Sigma}^{-}\rangle =|1,1,\displaystyle=|1,-1\rangle, |Ξ0\displaystyle|\Xi^{0}\rangle =|12,12,\displaystyle=|\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2}\rangle,
|Ξ\displaystyle|\Xi^{-}\rangle =|12,12,\displaystyle=|\frac{1}{2},-\frac{1}{2}\rangle, |Ξ¯+\displaystyle|\bar{\Xi}^{+}\rangle =|12,12,\displaystyle=-|\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2}\rangle,
|Ξ¯0\displaystyle|\bar{\Xi}^{0}\rangle =|12,12,\displaystyle=|\frac{1}{2},-\frac{1}{2}\rangle, |Λ0\displaystyle|\Lambda^{0}\rangle =|0,0,\displaystyle=|0,0\rangle,
|p\displaystyle|p\rangle =|12,12,\displaystyle=|\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2}\rangle, |n\displaystyle|n\rangle =|12,12,\displaystyle=|\frac{1}{2},-\frac{1}{2}\rangle,
|n¯\displaystyle|\bar{n}\rangle =|12,12,\displaystyle=|\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2}\rangle, |p¯\displaystyle|\bar{p}\rangle =|12,12.\displaystyle=-|\frac{1}{2},-\frac{1}{2}\rangle.

Therefore, we can readily obtain the isoscalar state |I=0,I3=0|I=0,I_{3}=0\rangle composed of ππ\pi\pi, 𝔹𝔹¯{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}} and 𝔹¯𝔹\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}} in the particle basis.

Appendix B gNNσg_{NN\sigma} from SU(2) ChPT

It is worth mentioning that in the context of πN\pi N interaction, it is more common to utilize the Lagrangian within the SU(2) framework, the LO Lagrangian is given by

πN(1)=\displaystyle\mathcal{L}_{\pi N}^{(1)}= Ψ¯(i𝒟/mN+gA2γμγ5uμ)Ψ,\displaystyle\bar{\Psi}\left(i\mathcal{D}\mkern-9.5mu/-m_{N}+\frac{g_{A}}{2}\gamma^{\mu}\gamma_{5}u_{\mu}\right)\Psi, (50)

where gAg_{A} represents the nucleon axial-vector coupling constant in the chiral limit and is related to the SU(3) LECs via gA=D+Fg_{A}=D+F. At the NLO,

πN(2)=\displaystyle\mathcal{L}_{\pi N}^{(2)}= c1Tr(χ+)Ψ¯Ψc24mN2Tr(uμuν)(Ψ¯𝒟μ𝒟νΨ+H.c.)\displaystyle c_{1}\operatorname{Tr}\left(\chi_{+}\right)\bar{\Psi}\Psi-\frac{c_{2}}{4m_{N}^{2}}\operatorname{Tr}\left(u_{\mu}u_{\nu}\right)\left(\bar{\Psi}\mathcal{D}^{\mu}\mathcal{D}^{\nu}\Psi+\text{H.c.}\right)
+c32Tr(uμuμ)Ψ¯Ψc44Ψ¯γμγν[uμ,uν]Ψ+c5Ψ¯[χ+12Tr(χ+)]Ψ\displaystyle+\frac{c_{3}}{2}\operatorname{Tr}\left(u^{\mu}u_{\mu}\right)\bar{\Psi}\Psi-\frac{c_{4}}{4}\bar{\Psi}\gamma^{\mu}\gamma^{\nu}\left[u_{\mu},u_{\nu}\right]\Psi+c_{5}\bar{\Psi}\left[\chi_{+}-\frac{1}{2}\operatorname{Tr}\left(\chi_{+}\right)\right]\Psi
+Ψ¯σμν[c62fμν++c72vμν(s)]Ψ,\displaystyle+\bar{\Psi}\sigma^{\mu\nu}\left[\frac{c_{6}}{2}f_{\mu\nu}^{+}+\frac{c_{7}}{2}v_{\mu\nu}^{(s)}\right]\Psi, (51)

which contains seven LECs cic_{i} [66, 67, 68, 69], the first four of which are determined in Refs. [64, 63] as (in units of GeV1{\rm{GeV}}^{-1}),

c1=0.74±0.02,c2=1.81±0.03,c3=3.61±0.05,c4=2.17±0.03.\displaystyle c_{1}=-0.74\pm 0.02,\quad c_{2}=1.81\pm 0.03,\quad c_{3}=-3.61\pm 0.05,\quad c_{4}=2.17\pm 0.03. (52)

By utilizing the Eqs. (50, 51) and the above LECs, we obtain the following results through the ss-channel matching as detailed in Sect. III.1:

gNNσLHC=2.70.8+0.8,gNNσRHC=12.50.23.2+0.2+2.6,gNNσTotal=12.20.22.3+0.2+1.9.\displaystyle g_{NN\sigma}^{\rm{LHC}}={2.7_{-0.8}^{+0.8}},\quad g_{NN\sigma}^{\rm{RHC}}={12.5_{-0.2-3.2}^{+0.2+2.6}},\quad g_{NN\sigma}^{\rm{Total}}={12.2_{-0.2-2.3}^{+0.2+1.9}}. (53)

Notice that here for consistency with the cic_{i} values, we take Fπ=92.2F_{\pi}=92.2 MeV and gA=1.2723g_{A}=1.2723 used in Refs. [64, 63], larger than the value used in the main text. Meanwhile, from matching the t/ut/u-channel amplitudes, we find mσNSU(2)=58648+38m_{\sigma}^{N\ {\rm{SU(2)}}}={586_{-48}^{+38}} MeV. The gNNσTotalg_{NN\sigma}^{\text{Total}} value geiven above is close to the real part of the coupling defined as the residue of the ππNN¯\pi\pi\to N\bar{N} amplitude at the f0(500)f_{0}(500) pole obtained in Ref. [70], which is 12.1±1.412.1\pm 1.4.

As per Table 1, the gNNσRHCg_{NN\sigma}^{\rm{RHC}} central value calculated using the ChPT NLO Lagrangian within the SU(2) framework deviates from its value within the SU(3) framework. In Fig. 9, we show a comparison of the SS-wave tree-level amplitudes of the contact terms for the NN¯ππN\bar{N}\to\pi\pi process from the SU(3) chiral Lagrangian with that from the SU(2) chiral Lagrangian, the LECs of which are taken from Ref. [48] and Refs. [64, 63], respectively. One sees a clear deviation. We have checked that the deviation from the SU(2) result would be larger if we use the central values of the SU(3) LECs determined by other groups [71, 72, 73, 47]. Nevertheless, the values of gNNσg_{NN\sigma} and gNNσSU(2)g_{NN\sigma}^{\text{SU(2)}} from RHC contributions agree within uncertainties. One notices that Refs. [48] and Refs. [64, 63] considered different experimental and lattice data sets.

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Figure 9: The contact term amplitudes of the NN¯ππN\bar{N}\to\pi\pi process derived from the SU(2) and SU(3) chiral Lagrangians using the central values of LECs determined in Refs. [64, 63] and Ref. [48], respectively.

Appendix C The crossing relation

Based on the crossing symmetry, we can establish a relation between the ss-channel helicity amplitude of 𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}} and the tt-channel helicity amplitude of 𝔹𝔹𝔹𝔹{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\to{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}} or the uu-channel helicity amplitude of 𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}}. Using crossing symmetry relations for systems with spin [74, 43, 75],121212In the context of crossing relation, for a tt-channel process of 𝔹(p1)+𝔹(p2)𝔹(p3)+𝔹(p4){\mathbb{B}}(p_{1})+{\mathbb{B}}(p_{2})\to{\mathbb{B}}(p_{3})+{\mathbb{B}}(p_{4}), as illustrated in Fig. 6, ss refers to (p1p3)2(p_{1}-p_{3})^{2} while tt refers to (p1+p2)2(p_{1}+p_{2})^{2}. the amplitude for the tt-channel process of 𝔹𝔹𝔹𝔹{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\to{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}} via the correlated ππ\pi\pi intermediate state with IJ=00IJ=00 can be expressed as

𝔹(λ1)𝔹(λ3)𝔹(λ2)𝔹(λ4),0t-channel\displaystyle\mathcal{M}_{{\mathbb{B}}(\lambda_{1}){\mathbb{B}}(\lambda_{3})\to{\mathbb{B}}(\lambda_{2}){\mathbb{B}}(\lambda_{4}),0}^{t\text{-channel}} (t,s)\displaystyle(t,s)
=λi\displaystyle=\sum\limits_{\lambda_{i}^{\prime}} dλ1λ112(α1)dλ2λ212(α2)dλ3λ312(α3)dλ4λ412(α4)𝔹(λ1)𝔹¯(λ2)𝔹¯(λ3)𝔹(λ4),0s-channel(s),\displaystyle d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{1}\lambda_{1}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{1})d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{2}\lambda_{2}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{2})d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{3}\lambda_{3}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{3})d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{4}\lambda_{4}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{4})\mathcal{M}_{{\mathbb{B}}(\lambda_{1}^{\prime})\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}(\lambda_{2}^{\prime})\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}(\lambda_{3}^{\prime}){\mathbb{B}}(\lambda_{4}^{\prime}),0}^{s\text{-channel}}(s), (54)

where αi\alpha_{i} represents the Wigner rotation angles corresponding to the Lorentz transformation from the ss-channel c.m. frame to the tt-channel c.m. frame, and the subscript 0 signifies that the ππ\pi\pi of either the tt-channel process or the ss-channel process forms an isoscalar SS-wave. Considering that the crossing relation, Eq. (54), is solely dependent on the particles of the external lines, the same relation is applicable regardless of whether there is a σ\sigma exchange or a correlated ππ\pi\pi exchange, namely,

=λidλ1λ112(α1)dλ2λ212(α2)dλ3λ312(α3)dλ4λ412(α4)[Uncaptioned image],\displaystyle=\sum\limits_{\lambda_{i}^{\prime}}d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{1}\lambda_{1}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{1})d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{2}\lambda_{2}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{2})d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{3}\lambda_{3}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{3})d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{4}\lambda_{4}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{4})\raisebox{-0.5pt}{\includegraphics[width=85.35826pt]{fy2.png}}, (55)
=λidλ1λ112(α1)dλ2λ212(α2)dλ3λ312(α3)dλ4λ412(α4)[Uncaptioned image].\displaystyle=\sum\limits_{\lambda_{i}^{\prime}}d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{1}\lambda_{1}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{1})d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{2}\lambda_{2}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{2})d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{3}\lambda_{3}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{3})d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{4}\lambda_{4}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{4})\raisebox{-0.5pt}{\includegraphics[width=85.35826pt]{fy4.png}}. (56)

We then obtain

[Uncaptioned image][Uncaptioned image]\displaystyle\raisebox{-0.5pt}{\includegraphics[width=85.35826pt]{fy1.png}}-\raisebox{-0.5pt}{\includegraphics[width=76.82234pt]{fy3.png}}
=λidλ1λ112(α1)dλ2λ212(α2)dλ3λ312(α3)dλ4λ412(α4)([Uncaptioned image][Uncaptioned image]).\displaystyle=\sum\limits_{\lambda_{i}^{\prime}}d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{1}\lambda_{1}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{1})d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{2}\lambda_{2}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{2})d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{3}\lambda_{3}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{3})d^{\frac{1}{2}}_{\lambda_{4}\lambda_{4}^{\prime}}(\alpha_{4})\left(\raisebox{-0.5pt}{\includegraphics[width=85.35826pt]{fy2.png}}-\raisebox{-0.5pt}{\includegraphics[width=85.35826pt]{fy4.png}}\right). (57)

Since our goal is to ensure that the amplitude of the correlated ππ\pi\pi exchange with IJ=00IJ=00 and that of the σ\sigma exchange are approximately the same for the tt-channel process of 𝔹𝔹𝔹𝔹{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}}\to{\mathbb{B}}{\mathbb{B}} within the tt-channel physical region, i.e., t4m𝔹2t\geq 4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}, we require the corresponding ss-channel amplitudes of 𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}} to approximate each other as well as possible, i.e.,

𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹OBE(s)𝔹𝔹¯𝔹¯𝔹,0DR(s)\displaystyle\mathcal{M}_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}}}^{\rm{OBE}}(s)\simeq\mathcal{M}_{{\mathbb{B}}\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}\to\bar{{\mathbb{B}}}{\mathbb{B}},0}^{\rm{DR}}(s) (58)

when s[4m𝔹2t,0]s\in[4m_{\mathbb{B}}^{2}-t,0]. The uu-channel process mirrors this exactly.

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