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Quarkonium: New Developments

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

To illustrate the campaign to understand heavy quarkonium systems, I focus on a puzzling new state, X(3872)π+πJ/ψX(3872) \to \pi^+\pi^- J/\psi. Studying the influence of open-charm channels on charmonium properties leads us to propose a new charmonium spectroscopy: additional discrete charmonium levels that can be discovered as narrow resonances of charmed and anticharmed mesons. I recall some expectations for a new spectroscopy of mesons with beauty and charm, the BcB_c (bcˉb\bar{c}) system. Throughout, I call attention to open issues for theory and experiment.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0403187,
  title  = {Quarkonium: New Developments},
  author = {Chris Quigg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0403187},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

20 pages, 13 figures, uses boxedeps and LaThuileFPSproa.sty (included). Presented at XVIII Rencontres de la Vallee d'Aoste, La Thuile 2004. One added reference, one typo fixed