Exotic meson composed of four valence quarks
In
particle physics , a tetraquark is an
exotic meson composed of four valence
quarks . A tetraquark state has long been suspected to be allowed by
quantum chromodynamics ,
[1] the modern theory of
strong interactions . A tetraquark state is an example of an
exotic hadron which lies outside the conventional
quark model classification. A number of different types of tetraquark have been observed.
[2]
[3]
History and discoveries
Several tetraquark candidates have been reported by particle physics experiments in the 21st century. The quark contents of these states are almost all qq QQ , where q represents a light (
up ,
down or
strange ) quark, Q represents a heavy (
charm or
bottom ) quark, and antiquarks are denoted with an overline. The existence and stability of tetraquark states with the qqQ Q (or q q QQ) have been discussed by theoretical physicists for a long time, however these are yet to be reported by experiments.
[4]
Colour flux tubes produced by four static quark and antiquark charges, computed in
lattice QCD .
[5] Confinement in quantum chromodynamics leads to the production of
flux tubes connecting colour charges. The flux tubes act as attractive
QCD string -like potentials.
Timeline
In 2003, a particle temporarily called
X(3872) , by the
Belle experiment in
Japan , was proposed to be a tetraquark candidate,
[6] as originally theorized.
[7] The name X is a temporary name, indicating that there are still some questions about its properties to be tested. The number following is the mass of the particle in
MeV/c 2 .
In 2004, the DsJ (2632) state seen in
Fermilab 's SELEX was suggested as a possible tetraquark candidate.
[8]
In 2007, Belle announced the observation of the
Z(4430) state, a
c
c
d
u tetraquark candidate. There are also indications that the
Y(4660) , also discovered by Belle in 2007, could be a tetraquark state.
[9]
In 2009,
Fermilab announced that they have discovered a particle temporarily called
Y(4140) , which may also be a tetraquark.
[10]
In 2010, two physicists from
DESY and a physicist from
Quaid-i-Azam University re-analyzed former experimental data and announced that, in connection with the
ϒ (5S) meson (a form of
bottomonium ), a well-defined tetraquark
resonance exists.
[11]
[12]
In June 2013, the
BES III experiment in China and the Belle experiment in Japan independently reported on
Zc (3900) , the first confirmed four-quark state.
[13]
In 2014, the
Large Hadron Collider experiment
LHCb confirmed the existence of the
Z(4430) state with a significance of over 13.9 σ.
[14]
[15]
In February 2016, the
DØ experiment reported evidence of a narrow tetraquark candidate, named X(5568), decaying to
B0 s π± .
[16]
In December 2017, DØ also reported observing the X(5568) using a different B0 s final state.
[17]
However, it was not observed in searches by the LHCb,
[18]
CMS ,
[19]
CDF ,
[20] or
ATLAS
[21] experiments.
In June 2016, LHCb announced the discovery of three additional tetraquark candidates, called X(4274), X(4500) and X(4700).
[22]
[23]
[24]
In 2020, LHCb announced the discovery of a
c
c
c
c
tetraquark: X(6900).
[2]
[25] In 2022, ATLAS observed X(6900).
[26]
In 2021, LHCb announced the discovery of four additional tetraquarks, including cc us .
[3]
In 2022, LHCb announced the discovery of cs ud and cs u d.
[27]
See also
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