Hidden-charm pentaquarks as flavor eigenstates in a constituent quark model
Using a diffusion Monte Carlo algorithm within a constituent quark model, this study demonstrates that explaining the observed and pentaquarks requires the total wavefunction to be an eigenvector of the SU(3) flavor operator, a condition that yields two mass-compatible structures and predicts additional states below the threshold, whereas imposing only isospin symmetry results in a single structure.