Search for exotic hadronic bound states

Discovery of exotic hadrons is one of the greatest challenges in experimental high energy physics. Experiment HERA-B has collected a large amount of experimental data which enable a search for exotic hadrons in decay channels which contain an s quark. The goal of the project is to search for exotic hadrons and to determine the cross section for their production in collisions of protons and atomic nucleus. Work on the project will consist of search and optimization of cuts for physically interesting events and computer simulation of analyzed reactions and corresponding physical backgrounds.