Vector meson

Since the development of the quark model by Murray Gell-Mann (and also independently by George Zweig),[2][3][4] the vector mesons have demonstrated the spectroscopy of pure states.

Such experiments are very revealing for theorists who seek to determine the flavor content of mixed state mesons.

At higher masses, the vector mesons include charm and bottom quarks in their structure.

, which provides experimentally a clear signal compared to other measurements, which have to use hadronic processes.

Vector mesons play a huge role in the study of the strong hadronic force.