Topics Related to Physics of the Heavy Quarks and Related States

Dear Colleagues,

The study of heavy quarks and the related field of particle physics began approximately 50 years ago with the prediction of the charmed quark and the experimental observation of the J/psi meson. Research in this field has seen significant developments over the years, with a great deal of knowledge gained, but many questions remain unanswered.

Among these questions, we can mention, for example, the calculation of higher-order corrections, clarification of the effect of the color-octet processes, and theoretical research and experimental study of the properties of doubly heavy baryons. Also noteworthy are exotic particles, built from four or more heavy quarks (such as the recently observed cccc tetraquarks). Theoretical description of these and similar states would be invaluable.

The proposed Special Issue of Symmetry intends to focus on the above topics. We hope that it will provide an overall picture of the discussed problems and up-to-date findings and that researchers, students, and readers alike will benefit from the contributions.

Dr. Alexey Luchinsky
Guest Editor

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• Heavy quarks
• Hadronic production
• Exotic states
• Perturbation theory
• NRQCD