Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH, February 6, 2004
Richard T. Jones
University of Connecticut
One of the most striking predictions of the theory of the strong nuclear force is that new families of particles should exist which have not been seen before. Precise theoretical predictions for the masses and lifetimes of these particles are hard to come by, but evidence is mounting that one class of these particles, so-called hybrid mesons, should lie within reach of experiments at Jefferson Lab. A general survey of the accumulated evidence for the existence of novel states will be presented, together with the prospects for a comprehensive search for these states in photoproduction with the GlueX experiment.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0303512.