In this article, we assign the $D_{ s3}^*(2860)$ to be a D-wave $c\bar{ s}$ meson, and study the mass and decay constant of the $D_{ s3}^*(2860)$ with the QCD sum rules by calculating the contributions of the vacuum condensates up to dimension-6 in the operator product expansion. The predicted mass $M_{ D_{ s3}^*}=(2.86\pm0.10)\,\rm{ GeV}$ is in excellent agreement with the experimental value $M_{ D_{ s3}^*}=(2860.5\pm 2.6 \pm 2.5\pm 6.0)\,\rm{ MeV}$ from the LHCb collaboration. The present prediction supports assigning the $D_{ s3}^*(2860)$ to be the D-wave $c\bar{ s}$ meson.
Categories: hep-ph