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Reaction p p r arrow. Lambda. Lambda. in the meson-exchange picture

Journal Article · · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States)
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  1. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, D-5170 Juelich (Germany) Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5001 (Australia)
  2. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, D-5170 Juelich (Germany)
A study of the strangeness production process {ital {bar p}p}{r arrow}{bar {Lambda}}{Lambda} at threshold and intermediate energies has been performed doing a full coupled-channel ({ital {bar p}p},{bar {Lambda}}{Lambda}) calculation. The elastic part of the {ital {bar p}p} and {bar {Lambda}}{Lambda} interactions has been derived from a one-boson-exchange version of the Bonn {ital NN} potential and a corresponding extension to the hyperon-nucleon case whereas the annihilation part is taken into account by introducing suitable optical potentials. The transition interaction between {ital {bar p}p} and {bar {Lambda}}{Lambda} is based on {ital K}- and {ital K}{sup *}-meson exchange. A reasonably good description of empirical cross sections as well as polarization data is achieved. It is demonstrated that the results are quite sensitive even to short-range modifications of the channel interactions. We also compare our model with other approaches and suggest a new experiment which would be able to check the very different predictions of the meson-exchange and constituent quark model, respectively.
OSTI ID:
7048482
Journal Information:
Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States) Vol. 45:3; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English