Symmetry in Hadron Physics
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 1049
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the advance of high-energy physics experiments, new hadron states are continuously reported and experimental data on hadron properties are accumulated. To understand the experimental data, various pictures, conventional three-quark baryons, quark-antiquark mesons, pentaquark states, tetraquark states, quark-gluon hybrid states, glue-ball, etc., are proposed. The study of the hadron spectrum is in a golden era. Just as the study of the atomic spectrum leads to the invention of quantum mechanics, the study of the hadron spectrum will deepen our understanding of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Because of the nonperturbative property and complexity of QCD, one cannot directly apply QCD to hadron physics. Various methods are proposed. Clearly, symmetry plays a fundamental role in these approaches. In fact, the Gel-Mann–Zweig quark model was based on SU(3) flavor symmetry. Nowadays, various symmetries, chiral symmetry and its breaking, heavy-quark spin symmetry, hidden local symmetry, etc., are proposed and applied in hadron physics.
The underlying intention of the Special Issue “Symmetry in Hadron Physics” is to collect research articles and reviews on the study of symmetry in hadrons. It is expected that a reasonable picture of hadrons can be set up. Please note that all submitted papers must be within the general scope of Symmetry.
Prof. Dr. Jialun Ping
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hadrons
- quantum chromodynamics
- baryon spectrum
- meson spectrum
- multiquark states
- exotic states
