nLab pentaquark

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Context

Fields and quanta

fields and particles in particle physics

and in the standard model of particle physics:

force field gauge bosons

scalar bosons

matter field fermions (spinors, Dirac fields)

flavors of fundamental fermions in the
standard model of particle physics:
generation of fermions1st generation2nd generation3d generation
quarks (qq)
up-typeup quark (uu)charm quark (cc)top quark (tt)
down-typedown quark (dd)strange quark (ss)bottom quark (bb)
leptons
chargedelectronmuontauon
neutralelectron neutrinomuon neutrinotau neutrino
bound states:
mesonslight mesons:
pion (udu d)
ρ-meson (udu d)
ω-meson (udu d)
f1-meson
a1-meson
strange-mesons:
ϕ-meson (ss¯s \bar s),
kaon, K*-meson (usu s, dsd s)
eta-meson (uu+dd+ssu u + d d + s s)

charmed heavy mesons:
D-meson (uc u c, dcd c, scs c)
J/ψ-meson (cc¯c \bar c)
bottom heavy mesons:
B-meson (qbq b)
ϒ-meson (bb¯b \bar b)
baryonsnucleons:
proton (uud)(u u d)
neutron (udd)(u d d)

(also: antiparticles)

effective particles

hadrons (bound states of the above quarks)

solitons

in grand unified theory

minimally extended supersymmetric standard model

superpartners

bosinos:

sfermions:

dark matter candidates

Exotica

auxiliary fields

Contents

Idea

The pentaquark is a bound state of 5 quarks (as opposed to just 3 in baryons and 2 in mesons) which after a long history of theoretical prediction and inconclusive experimental signatures was finally observed beyond doubt by the LHCb collaboration.

References

Detection due to

  • LHCb collaboration, Observation of J/ψbJ/\psi b resonances consistent with pentaquark states in Λ b 0J/ψK p\Lambda^0_b \to J/\psi K^- p decays, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 072001 (2015) (arXiv:1507.03414)

Review in

See also

Discussion in AdS/QCD:

  • Kazuo Ghoroku, Akihiro Nakamura, Tomoki Taminato, Fumihiko Toyoda, Holographic Penta and Hepta Quark State in Confining Gauge Theories, JHEP 1008:007,2010 (arxiv:1003.3698)

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