Light Meson Spectroscopy: Recent Developments and DAFNE

Abstract

In this contribution I discuss recent developments in light meson spectroscopy, and note specific areas in which DAFNE is an especially appropriate tool for future experiments. One topic of special relevance is the spectroscopy of excited vector mesons; quite narrow vector hybrids are predicted by the flux-tube model, which could be produced by DAFNE when operating in the $M_{e^+e^-}\approx 1.5-2$ GeV range. A second topic, which would be appropriate for a later date because it requires a rather higher beam energy, is the production of C=(+) mesons in $\gamma\gamma$ collisions.