AEPSHEP 2026 · Taipei · 14–27 October 2026

Hadron Spectroscopy

Two lectures by Prof. Dr. Mikhail Mikhasenko (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) at the Asia–Europe–Pacific School of High-Energy Physics. From QCD and the quark model to amplitude analysis and exotic hadrons.

Asia–Europe–Pacific School of High-Energy Physics

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Lecture 1 · 25 October 2026

Classification and phenomenology

QCD basics, spin and excited states, the quark model, the experimental inventory of hadrons, resonances and Riemann sheets.

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Lecture 2 · 26 October 2026

Amplitude analysis: how we find hadrons in decays

Kinematics and the Dalitz plot, spin, line shapes, the Λb → J/ψ p K⁻ pentaquark model and the near-threshold Tcc⁺.

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