Description
The strong interaction binds quarks together to form hadrons such as the proton and neutron, as well as heavier states containing strange or charm quarks. Charm baryon spectroscopy has seen renewed interest following LHCb’s 2026 observations confirming the doubly charmed $\Xi_{cc}^+$ mass and making the first-ever observation of the $\Omega_{cc}^+$, completing the SU(4) multiplet of ground-state spin-1/2 baryons. At low energies, hadron properties cannot be determined using analytic or perturbative approaches to quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Instead, we utilise a first-principles numerical approach to QCD known as lattice QCD, providing the theoretical predictions necessary to complement LHCb’s active charm physics programme. We study the properties of low-lying spin-0 mesons and spin-1/2 baryons containing up, down, strange, and charm quarks, and look at how strong isospin breaking and state mixing affect hadron masses and decay rates.
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