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Title: Baryon production in e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilation at. sqrt. s = 29 GeV: Clusters or diquarks

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

We use the time-projection chamber detector to study mechanisms of baryon production in the central rapidity region of jets from e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilation. On the basis of angular correlations between protons and antiprotons, we exclude the isotropic decay of heavy mesonic clusters as a dominant source of baryons at 95% confidence level. The diquark mechanisms used in string fragmentation models reproduce the data, provided that diquarks are formed in a two-step process which allows mesons to be produced in between the baryon and antibaryon.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720; University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024; University of California, Riverside, California 92521; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218; University of Massachusetts, Amherst
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098; AA03-76SF00034; AC02-76ER03330
OSTI ID:
5186685
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 55:10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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