Theoretical overview: the new mesons

2004/11/04 by Chris Quigg · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/9/1/001

published as J.Phys.Conf.Ser.9:1-10,2005 · 10 pages, uses jpconf.cls; talk at First Meeting of the APS Topical Group on Hadronic Physics

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Abstract

After commenting on the state of contemporary hadronic physics and spectroscopy, I highlight four areas where the action is: searching for the relevant degrees of freedom, mesons with beauty and charm, chiral symmetry and the D sJ levels, and X (3872) and the lost tribes of charmonium.

Citations

• Evidence for hc production from ψ′ at CLEO
• Properties of the DsJ states
• Open charm and beauty chiral multiplets in QCD
• Reviewing the evidence for pentaquarks
• On the hidden charm state at 3872 MeV
• Properties of orbitally excited heavy-light (Qq¯) mesons
• structure function ratio at large x
• Diquarks and Exotic Spectroscopy
• The X(3872) at CDF II
• Measurements of theDsJResonance Properties
• Observation of a Narrow Meson State Decaying toDs+π0at a Mass of2.32 GeV/c2
• A planar diagram theory for strong interactions
• Measurement of masses and widths of excited charm mesons D and evidence for broad states
• Advantages of the color octet gluon picture
• Observation of a New Narrow Charmonium State in Exclusive B+-->K+ pi+pi- J/psi Decays
• Observation of theηc(2S)in ExclusiveB→KKSK−π+Decays

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