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Comment by whatshisface

The resonance width is inversely proportional to the lifetime, and if the resonance width is about 400keV, the particle would live for about 10^-21 seconds. For comparison, neutrons decay via the weak force in about 800 seconds, and delta baryons, a randomly chosen strong force decay, live for 10^-24 seconds. That makes this tetraquark long-lived for a strong decay, but that's way, way faster than a weak decay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonance_(particle_physics)

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