RT Journal Article T1 Light 1(-+) exotics: molecular resonances A1 Llanes Estrada, Felipe José A1 General, Ignacio J. A1 Wang, Ping A1 Cotanch, Stephen R. AB Highlights in the search for nonconventional (non-q.q) meson states are the π1(1400) and π1(1600) exotic candidates. Should they exist, mounting theoretical arguments suggest that they are tetraquark molecular resonances excitable by meson rescattering.We report a new tetraquark calculation within a model field theory approximation to Quantum Chromodynamics in the Coulomb gauge supporting this conjecture. We also strengthen this claim by consistentlycontrasting results with exotic state predictions for hybrid (q . qg) mesons within the same theoretical framework. Our findings confirm that molecular like configurations involving two color singlets (a resonance, not a bound state) are clearly favored over hybrid or color-exotic tetraquark meson (q . qq.q atoms) formation. Finally, to assist needed further experimental searches we document a useful off-plane correlator for establishing the structure of these exotic systems along with similar, but anticipated much narrower, states that should exist in the charmonium and bottomonium spectra. PB Elsevier Science BV SN 0370-2693 YR 2007 FD 2007-09-30 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50793 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50793 LA eng NO © 2007 Elsevier B.V.This work was supported in part by grants FPA 2004-02602, 2005-02327, PR27/05-13955-BSCH (Spain) and US DOE DEFG02 97ER41048 and DE-FG02-03ER41260 . NO US DOE NO BSCH (Spain) DS Docta Complutense RD 8 abr 2025