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Experimental Review of Structures in the $J/\psi\phi$ Mass Spectrum

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2013-08-06 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The discovery of numerous new charmonium-like structures since 2003 have revitalized interest in exotic meson spectroscopy. These structures do not fit easily into the conventional charmonium model, and proposals like four-quark states, hybrids, and re-scattering effects have been suggested as explanations. Since 2009, several new structures were reported in the J/ψϕJ/\psi\phi mass spectrum with the following characteristics: they are the first ones reported decaying into two heavy mesons which contain both a ccˉc\bar{c} pair and a ssˉs\bar{s} pair; and their masses are well beyond the open charm pair threshold. Conventional ccˉc\bar{c} states with a mass beyond the J/ψϕJ/\psi\phi threshold are not expected to decay into this channel and the width is expected to be large, thus they are good candidates for exotic mesons. My focus in this article is to review the recent developments on the structures in the J/ψϕJ/\psi\phi mass spectrum from CDF, Belle and LHCb.

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@article{arxiv.1308.0772,
  title  = {Experimental Review of Structures in the $J/\psi\phi$ Mass Spectrum},
  author = {Kai Yi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.0772},
  year   = {2013}
}

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Review published on International Journal of Modern Physics A