2017/06/08 by G. Krein, A. W. Thomas, A.W. Thomas +1 · 86 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic nucleus #Exotic hadron #Experimental data #Hadron #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum chromodynamics #Quarkonium #hep-ex #hep-ph #nucl-ex #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.ppnp.2018.02.001
published in Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 100, 161-210 (Elsevier BV)
arxiv created 2017/06/08 · openalex created_date 2017/06/15 · openalex publication_date 2018/02/13 · arxiv updated 2018/04/18 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
In our quest to win a deeper understanding of how QCD actually works, the study of the binding of heavy quarkonia and heavy-flavor hadrons to atomic nuclei offers enormous promise. Modern experimental facilities such as FAIR, Jefferson Lab at 12 GeV and J-PARC offer exciting new experimental opportunities to study such systems. These experimental advances are complemented by new theoretical approaches and predictions, which will both guide these experimental efforts and be informed and improved by them. This review will outline the main theoretical approaches, beginning with QCD itself, summarize recent theoretical predictions and relate them both to past experiments and those from which we may expect results in the near future.