Decays of $P_c$ into $J/\psi N$ and $\eta_cN$ with heavy quark spin symmetry

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We investigate the consequences of heavy quark spin symmetry (HQSS) on hidden-charm pentaquark $P_c$ states.

• As has been proposed before, assuming the $P_c(4440)$ and the $P_c(4457)$ as $S$-wave $\bar{D}^*\Sigma_c$ molecules, seven hadronic molecular states composed of $\bar{D}\Sigma_c$, $\bar{D}\Sigma_c^*$, $\bar{D}^*\Sigma_c$, and $\bar{D}^*\Sigma_c^*$ can be obtained, with the $\bar{D}\Sigma_c$ molecule corresponding to the $P_c(4312)$.
• These seven states can decay into $J/\psi N$ and $\eta_c N$, and we use HQSS to predict ratios of partial widths of the $S$-wave decays.
• For the decays into $J/\psi N$, it is found that among all six $P_c$ molecules with spin $1/2$ or $3/2$, at least four states decay much more easily into the $J/\psi N$ than the $P_c(4312)$, and two of them couple dominantly to the $\bar D^*\Sigma_c^*$.