Hadron spectroscopy at STCF

Abstract: Despite that quantum chromodynamics, the theory of strong interaction, has colorful quarks and gluons as its basic degrees of freedom, all fundamental particles participating the strong interaction that can be directly detected in experiments are colorless or color-singlet hadrons. This phenomenon is called color confinement. Because of that, the study of hadron spectroscopy is essential in improving our understanding of the nonperturbative regime of QCD and to reveal the mechanism of color confinement. The high-luminosity electron-positron collision machine under discussion, Super tau-Charm Facility (STCF), can play an essential role in hadron spectroscopy by discovering new hadron resonances and measuring properties of known hadrons with an unprecedented precision. In the following, we will discuss briefly the topics on hadron spectroscopy that will be investigated at STCF.