2019/12/31 by M. Ablikim, M. N. Achasov, P. Adlarson +482 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ex #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1674-1137/44/4/040001
published as Chin. Phys. C 44, 040001 (2020) · 210 pages; Published in CPC
arxiv created 2020/04/06 · arxiv updated 2020/04/07
There has recently been a dramatic renewal of interest in the subjects of hadron spectroscopy and charm physics. This renaissance has been driven in part by the discovery of a plethora of charmonium-like XYZ states at BESIII and B factories, and the observation of an intriguing proton-antiproton threshold enhancement and the possibly related X(1835) meson state at BESIII, as well as the threshold measurements of charm mesons and charm baryons. We present a detailed survey of the important topics in tau-charm physics and hadron physics that can be further explored at BESIII over the remaining lifetime of BEPCII operation. This survey will help in the optimization of the data-taking plan over the coming years, and provides physics motivation for the possible upgrade of BEPCII to higher luminosity.