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Non-strange dibaryons

Conference · · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5954871
The experimental evidence for two-nucleon structures is reviewed. Narrow resonances are not consistently observed in different experiments. Although the main theoretical interest is in the possibility that such structures are evidence of six-quark states, it is shown that the broad structures are better understood as coupled channel or threshold effects due to isobar coupling. R-matrix theory is used to predict the positions and character of resonances that are due to coupling the two-hadron channels to asymptotically free multi-quark states at short distances. The lowest such resonances in the nucleon-nucleon system are predicted to be in /sup 1//sup /S/sub 0/ and /sup 3//sup /S/sub 1/ partial waves with masses between 2.4 GeV and 3.4 GeV. These resonances are shown to be dominated by the short range 6-quark wavefunction. Their origin is identifiable by their approximately 50 MeV widths, by the /sup 1//sup /S/sub 0/, /sup 3//sup /S/sub 1/ mass difference of about 70 MeV and by their strong coupling to the S-wave ..delta delta.. channel. Implications for other 2-nucleon partial waves and other 2-hadron systems are briefly stated.
Research Organization:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
OSTI ID:
5954871
Report Number(s):
CONF-8503120-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 133:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English