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Elusive multiquark spectroscopy

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-05-18 v1

Abstract

A review is presented of past and recent attempts to build multiquark states within current models already describing ordinary mesons and baryons. This includes: coherence in the chromomagnetic interaction, tetraquarks with two heavy quarks, Steiner-tree models of confinement, and hadronic molecules, in particular in the hidden-charm sector. Some emphasis is put on the difficulties encountered when extrapolating toward higher configurations the dynamics of confining forces, starting from the simple case of a quark and an antiquark, or three quarks in a colour singlet.

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@article{arxiv.1001.5390,
  title  = {Elusive multiquark spectroscopy},
  author = {J. M. Richard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.5390},
  year   = {2015}
}
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