{ "id": "hep-ph/0409349", "version": "v1", "published": "2004-09-29T19:51:41.000Z", "updated": "2004-09-29T19:51:41.000Z", "title": "The theory of pentaquarks", "authors": [ "Harry J. Lipkin" ], "comment": "10 pages", "journal": "Frascati Phys.Ser. 35 (2004) 177-186", "categories": [ "hep-ph" ], "abstract": "Is there a theory or good experimental evidence? Bj's question: Pentaquark is created by $e^+e^-$. $2q + q \\to$ Baryon $; ~ ~ ~ 2q + \\bar q \\to $ Triquark$ ; ~ ~ ~ 2q + $Triquark $ \\to $Pentaquark Does it live long onough to be observable? Basic physics of constituent quarks and flavor antisymmetry. Report of $\\Theta^+$ violating flavor antisymmetry indicates need for two-cluster model.. Ball in Experimental Court - Some experiments see $\\Theta^+$; others don't. Possible production mechanisms present in some experiments, absent in others; e.g. via $N^*(2.3 \\rm{GeV}) \\to \\Theta^+ + \\bar K$?", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2004-09-29T19:51:41.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "pentaquark", "production mechanisms", "experiments", "bjs question", "experimental court" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 10, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 660688, "adsabs": "2004hep.ph....9349L" } } }