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arxiv: hep-ph/0102282 · v2 · submitted 2001-02-23 · ✦ hep-ph

Buckyballs of QCD: gluon junction networks

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keywords gluonicbaryonexistnetworksanalogsanti-junctionsbindingbuckyballs
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We propose that femto scale QCD analogs of Fullerene type excitations may exist with ``magic numbers'' 8,24,48, and 120. These ``J-balls'' are the most symmetrical closed networks of gluonic baryon junctions and anti-junctions with zero net baryon number. CP odd J-Moebii and other femto-tubes and tori gluonic structures may also exist. We estimate the relative binding energies and discuss possible experimental signatures of the formation of these new topological gluonic states.

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