Light O{sup ++} Mesons: Scalargators in Florida

Journal Article · Thu Aug 05 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3483333· OSTI ID:21426394

Pennington, M R ^[1]

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1. Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Physics Department, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE (United Kingdom)

Light scalar mesons abound in hadron processes, like the alligators in the Florida Everglades. Moreover, scalars are intimately tied to the vacuum structure of QCD. They are the product of many decays. Consequently, a rich source of recent information about them has come from experiments producing heavy flavour mesons. Indeed, scalars will continue to dominate many of the processes to be studied at forthcoming facilities like BESIII in Beijing, FAIR at GSI Darmstadt and the GlueX experiment at JLab, making an understanding (or at least an excellent and theoretically consistent description) essential for the physics missions of these facilities.

• OSTI ID: 21426394
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1257, Issue 1; Conference: HADRON 2009: 13. international conference on hadron spectroscopy, Tallahassee, FL (United States), 29 Nov - 4 Dec 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3483333; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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