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Phys. Rev. D 69, 094014 (2004) [7 pages]

Exotic states of matter in heavy meson decays

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Jonathan L. Rosner*
Laboratory of Elementary Particle Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA

Received 23 December 2003; published 20 May 2004

The potential of decays of mesons containing heavy quarks [including B mesons and the Υ(1S)] for producing final states of matter with unusual quark configurations, such as qqq̅ q̅ or qqqqq̅ , is investigated. The usefulness of antineutron detection in such searches is stressed.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.69.094014
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.69.094014
PACS:
13.25.Gv, 13.25.Hw, 14.40.Gx, 14.40.Nd

*On leave from Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. Electronic address: rosner@hep.uchicago.edu