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Title: Theoretical aspects of light meson spectroscopy

Conference ·
OSTI ID:201771
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Computational and Theoretical Physics Group

In this pedagogical review the authors discuss the theoretical understanding of light hadron spectroscopy in terms of QCD and the quark model. They begin with a summary of the known and surmised properties of QCD and confinement. Following this they review the nonrelativistic quark potential model for q{anti q} mesons and discuss the quarkonium spectrum and methods for identifying q{anti q} states. Finally, they review theoretical expectations for non-q{anti q} states (glueballs, hybrids and multiquark systems) and the status of experimental candidates for these states.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
201771
Report Number(s):
ORNL-CTP-95-13; CONF-9506316-1; ON: DE96005649; TRN: 96:008336
Resource Relation:
Conference: NATO advanced study institute on hadron spectroscopy and the confinement problem, Swansea (United Kingdom), 27 Jun - 8 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English