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The search for exotic hadrons has been forever fascinating and challenging. A review of many such searches, successful and unsuccessful, in which the author has been involved, is presented.
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Seth, K.K. A Personal Journey Through Hadronic Exotica. Few-Body Syst 45, 85–90 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-009-0034-7
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