Averages of b-hadron, c-hadron, and -lepton properties as of 2018: Heavy Flavor Averaging Group (HFLAV)

Y Amhis, S Banerjee, E Ben-Haim… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
This paper reports world averages of measurements of b-hadron, c-hadron, and τ τ-lepton
properties obtained by the Heavy Flavour Averaging Group using results available through …

The XYZ states: experimental and theoretical status and perspectives

N Brambilla, S Eidelman, C Hanhart, A Nefediev… - Physics reports, 2020 - Elsevier
The quark model was formulated in 1964 to classify mesons as bound states made of a
quark–antiquark pair, and baryons as bound states made of three quarks. For a long time all …

Averages of -hadron, -hadron, and -lepton properties as of 2021

Y Amhis, S Banerjee, E Ben-Haim, E Bertholet… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
This paper reports world averages of measurements of b-hadron, c-hadron, and τ-lepton
properties obtained by the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group using results available before …

[HTML][HTML] 50 Years of quantum chromodynamics: Introduction and Review

F Gross, E Klempt, SJ Brodsky, AJ Buras… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
Quantum Chromodynamics, the theory of quarks and gluons, whose interactions can be
described by a local SU (3) gauge symmetry with charges called “color quantum numbers” …

Multiquark resonances

A Esposito, A Pilloni, AD Polosa - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
Multiquark resonances are undoubtedly experimentally observed. The number of states and
the amount of details on their properties have been growing over the years. It is very recent …

Three ways to decipher the nature of exotic hadrons: Multiplets, three-body hadronic molecules, and correlation functions

MZ Liu, YW Pan, ZW Liu, TW Wu, JX Lu, LS Geng - Physics Reports, 2025 - Elsevier
In the past two decades, a plethora of hadronic states beyond the conventional quark model
of qq ̄ mesons and qqq baryons have been observed experimentally, which motivated …

Heavy-quark QCD exotica

RF Lebed, RE Mitchell, ES Swanson - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review presents an overview of the remarkable progress in the field of heavy-quark
exotic hadrons over the past 15 years. It seeks to be pedagogical rather than exhaustive …

The hidden-charm pentaquark and tetraquark states

HX Chen, W Chen, X Liu, SL Zhu - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
In the past decade many charmonium-like states were observed experimentally. Especially
those charged charmonium-like Z c states and bottomonium-like Z b states cannot be …

Averages of b-hadron, c-hadron, and -lepton properties as of summer 2016

Heavy Flavor Averaging Group (HFLAV):… - The European Physical …, 2017 - Springer
This article reports world averages of measurements of b-hadron, c-hadron, and τ τ-lepton
properties obtained by the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group using results available through …

Measurement of an excess of decays and implications for charged Higgs bosons

JP Lees, V Poireau, V Tisserand, E Grauges… - Physical Review D …, 2013 - APS
Based on the full BABAR data sample, we report improved measurements of the ratios R
(D)= B (B¯→ D τ-ν¯ τ)/B (B¯→ D ℓ-ν¯ ℓ) and R (D*)= B (B¯→ D* τ-ν¯ τ)/B (B¯→ D* ℓ-ν¯ ℓ) …