The new heavy mesons: A status report

2006/01/31 by Eric S. Swanson · 11 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Bound state #Hadron #Meson #Nuclear physics research studies #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quark #Quark model #hep-ex #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2006.04.003

published as Phys.Rept.429:243-305,2006 · 62 page, 40 figs, 16 tables. v3 corrects typos, adds references. Version to appear in Physics Reports

arxiv created 2006/05/10 · openalex publication_date 2006/06/07 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

A survey of the experimental, phenomenological, and theoretical status of the new heavy mesons is presented. States discussed are the B_c, h_c, η_c', D_s(2317), D_s(2460), X(3872), X(3940), Y(3940), Z(3930), and Y(4260). Quark models for spectra, strong decays, and hadronic interactions are reviewed and used to interpret the new states. New results for strong decay models, bound state decays, mesonic molecules, properties of the X(3872), and the chiral doublet model are also presented.

Citations

• Production of singletP-wavecc¯andbb¯states
• Observation and Properties of theX(3872)Decaying toJ/ψπ+π−inpp¯Collisions ats=1.96 TeV
• Observation ofB+→ψ(3770)K+
• The production and decay of hybrid mesons by flux-tube breaking
• Potential NRQCD: an effective theory for heavy quarkonium
• The possible interpretations of Y(4260)
• Variational fit to the lattice energy of two heavy-light mesons
• Hadronic decay of a scalarBmeson from the lattice
• S−Dmixing and searching for theψ(11P1)state at the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider
• Search for a charged partner of theX(3872)in theBmeson decayB→X−K,X−→J/ψπ−π0
• The X(3872) at CDF II
• Observation of a Narrow Meson State Decaying toDs+π0at a Mass of2.32 GeV/c2
• RELATIVISTIC DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARMONIUM MASS SPECTRUM
• Study of theB−→J/ψK−π+π−decay and measurement of theB−→X(3872)K−branching fraction
• Observation of theDsJ(2317)andDsJ(2457)inBDecays
• Hadron Spectroscopy in 2006
• Charmonium: Comparison with experiment
• Hybrid meson decay phenomenology
• Measurements of the Mass and Width of theηcMeson and of anηc(2S)Candidate
• Observation of a New Narrow Charmonium State in Exclusive B+-->K+ pi+pi- J/psi Decays
• Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (in "The Review of Particle Properties" 2004)
• Observation of theηc(2S)in ExclusiveB→KKSK−π+Decays
• Problems of double-charm production in e+e− annihilation at s=10.6 GeV
• Observation of a narrow meson decaying toDs+π0γat a mass of2.458GeV/c2

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• Light meson mass dependence of the positive-parity heavy-strange mesons
• Analysis of theX(3872),Zc(3900), andZc(3885)as axial-vector tetraquark states with QCD sum rules
• X(3872)andY(4140)using diquark-antidiquark operators with lattice QCD
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