Quarkonia and pentaquarks

Kamal K. Seth*

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Abstract

A brief review of the latest developments in the spectroscopy of heavy quarks is presented. The current status of the recently 'discovered' pentaquarks is also discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4585-4592
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Modern Physics A
Volume20
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 30 2005

Funding

Finally, I have to confess to my personal skepticism about pentaquarks. Nearly two decades ago, there was a similar stampede for the existence of dibaryons, and for several years I made valiant searches for them. While claims for nearly 40 dibaryons with masses between 1900 and 2250 MeV were made, not a single one survived high resolution, high statistics measurements45. This research was supported by the U. S. Department of Energy.

Keywords

  • Pentaquarks
  • Quarkonia

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

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