Can Synthetic Hadrons be Created by Combining Quarks?

[bede]

My son asked me a question I could not answer the other day (sorry I'm a biophysicist). Physicists have created synthetic elements by combining sufficient protons and neutron into a nucleus. Has anyone ever created a synthetic hadron by combining quarks? Is that even at all possible?

My guess was no since it would require an inordinate amount of energy.

 

[mathman]

Since quarks can't be set free from the hadrons, they can't be used to make combinations. Hadrons of various sorts are created by banging other hadrons together at high speed.