Heavy-Quark QCD Exotica

TL;DR

This review summarizes 15 years of experimental discoveries and theoretical approaches related to heavy-quark exotic hadrons, highlighting progress and key results in the field.

Contribution

It provides a pedagogical overview of the developments in heavy-quark exotic hadron research, combining experimental and theoretical perspectives.

Findings

Multiple new heavy-quark exotic states discovered

Theoretical models proposed to explain exotic hadrons

Significant progress in understanding heavy-quark exotics

Abstract

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, summarizing both the progress and specific results of experimental discoveries, and the variety of theoretical approaches designed to explain these new states.