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Mesons, PANDA and the scalar glueball

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-18 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The non-perturbative nature of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) at low energies has prompted the expectation that the gauge-bosons of QCD -- gluons -- might give rise to compound objects denoted as glueballs. Experimental signals for glueballs have represented a matter of research for various collaborations in the last decades; future research in this direction is a main endeavour planned by the PANDA Collaboration at FAIR. Hence in this article I review some of the outstanding issues in the glueball search, particularly with regard to the ground state -- the scalar glueball, and discuss the relevance for PANDA at FAIR.

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@article{arxiv.1312.2830,
  title  = {Mesons, PANDA and the scalar glueball},
  author = {Denis Parganlija},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.2830},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Prepared for the Proceedings of "FAIRNESS 13" - Workshop for young scientists with research interests focused on physics at FAIR. 5 pages. References updated in v2

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