CHARM PHYSICS

Charm Physics:

The discovery of the particles containing charm (c) quarks (J/psi) in 1974 change the particles physics, confirmed the quarks model. The existence of c quarks was proposed by J.Bjorken to restore the symmetry between two generation of quarks and leptons and also by Glashow, Iliopoulos and Maiani to explain the mechanism by which the strange (s) quarks do not decay directly to quark down (d), but indirectly in rare decays such as neutral kaons which present mixed state of K0-K0bar (oscillation).
Although the c quarks was discovery 20 year ago, exist many things unknown from this flavor. The measured properties in the final state such as cross section, branching ratios, lifetime, etc. still have large errors as shown in particle book data PDG.

Since the discovery of charm particles many experiments each time more precise, had been achieved to search new states, find properties of charm particles and research exotic phenomenon to test the Standard Model of the particles.

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