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There are some candidates for tetraquarks, pentaquarks or even now sexaquarks/hexaquarks. But, I wonder, what are the highest molecular quark states taking into account QCD? Are there heptaquarks, octaquarks, nonaquarks, decaquarks...stable enough to be found in colliders or Nature?

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  • $\begingroup$ sexaquarks. I just can't :D $\endgroup$
    – JEB
    Commented Oct 13, 2023 at 16:01
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    $\begingroup$ Triskaidekaquarkium? That would be an unlucky combination. $\endgroup$
    – Jon Custer
    Commented Oct 13, 2023 at 16:02
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    $\begingroup$ helium, lithium, beryllium, the list goes on! $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 13, 2023 at 17:04

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