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Exotic hadrons associated with $b$-quark

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-03-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Compared to charmonium-like states, exotic hadrons associated with bb-quark offer distinct advantages for exploring the nature of multiquark phenomena and the dynamics of the strong interaction. Due to the heavier bottom quark mass, theoretical calculations, particularly those based on effective field theories and potential models, tend to be more reliable and under better control in the bottomonium sector. With its clean e+ee^+e^- collision environment and high luminosity, the Belle and Belle II experiments are ideally suited to explore these exotic hadrons associated with bb-quark, including ZbZ_b, XbX_b, and YbY_b states, and charmonium-like states in BB decays. Utilizing the large proton--proton collision dataset, the LHCb experiment has conducted extensive investigations of heavy-flavor multiquark states through BB and Λb\Lambda_b decay channels. The relevant phenomenological interpretations are also reviewed.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2603.09315,
  title  = {Exotic hadrons associated with $b$-quark},
  author = {Xinchen Dai and Sen Jia and Alexey Nefediev and Juan Nieves and Chengping Shen and Liming Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.09315},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

85 pages, 36 figures. Invited review for Physics Reports. Comments or corrections are welcome

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