S-wave Colour Singlet States of Multiquark Configurations

Abstract

Simple methods for determining and systematically labelling the S-wave colour singlet states of multiquark configurations are developed and results are given for the quark configurations QN (N = 0 (mod 3)) and for the quark-antiquark configurations Q2Q2, Q4Q and Q3Q3. The masses of the colour singlet states associated with the Q6 and Q9 configurations are calculated using the MIT bag model and a number of conclusions concerning these mass spectra are drawn.