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SYUH: Symposium The Charm of Unconventional Hadrons

SYUH 1: The Charm of Unconventional Hadrons

SYUH 1.4: Invited Talk

Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 11:30–11:45, ZHG105

Tracks and Tetraquarks — •Mikhail Mikhasenko — Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany

Over the past century, our ability to observe the quantum world has progressed from foggy trails in bubble chambers to sharp images of fleeting subatomic events. The Large Hadron Collider and its dedicated beauty experiment, LHCb, represent the pinnacle of this technological evolution---machines that have grown ever larger and more precise, driving forward both fundamental science and technological innovation. Among the most intriguing results are exotic hadrons---unusual combinations of quarks that challenge the traditional view of how matter is bound. This talk will trace the experimental journey that led to the discovery of this growing zoo of heavy exotic particles and explore how the long-standing dream of observing a tetraquark stable under the strong interaction is becoming less elusive.

Keywords: Strong interaction; Exotic hadrons; Tetraquarks; Large Hadron Collider