Symmetry in Advances of Constituent Quark Models
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 900
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the classical quark model, hadrons are assumed to be composed of three quarks (baryons) or a quark–antiquark pair (mesons). However, as the theoretical basis of strong interaction, quantum chromodynamics (QCD), which is a gauge theory based on the fundamental property of the SU(3) color symmetry, does not rule out multiquark states.
In the last two decades, lots of candidates of the exotic hadrons have been observed. For instance, the charmonium-like state X(3872) and the Pc resonances both show properties that do not fit well with the concept of the traditional hadrons. These observations have triggered intensive investigations on the structure, production, and decay of exotic hadrons. On the other hand, it has been shown that multiquark components in hadrons should play an important role in hadron properties.
The QCD-inspired constituent quark model, which involves symmetries in hadrons, has been successfully applied to hadronic physics. However, it is essential to further develop the quark model in order to describe the current hadronic experiments. Consequently, this Special Issue invites contributions on developments and applications of the constituent quark model, especially on studies of the exotic hadrons and multiquark components in hadrons.
Nevertheless, it remains open also to contributions from other pertinent areas in hadronic physics.
Prof. Dr. Chunsheng An
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hadron spectroscopy
- exotic hadrons
- hadronic molecule
- multiquark components in hadrons
- quark model
