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Title: Strangeness suppression of q q ¯ creation observed in exclusive reactions

Abstract

In this study, we measured the ratios of electroproduction cross sections from a proton target for three exclusive meson-baryon final states: ΛK+, pπ0, and nπ+, with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. Using a simple model of quark hadronization, we extract qq¯ creation probabilities for the first time in exclusive two-body production, in which only a single qq¯ pair is created. We observe a sizable suppression of strange quark-antiquark pairs compared to nonstrange pairs, similar to that seen in high-energy production.

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Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Org.:
CLAS Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1159646
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1181425
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-14-1944; DOE/OR/23177-3197
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; ArticleNumber: 152004
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-84ER40150
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 113; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Mestayer, M. D., Park, K., Adhikari, K. P., Aghasyan, M., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Ball, J., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D’Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Doughty, D., Dupre, R., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T. A., Garillon, B., Garçon, M., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Goetz, J. T., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guegan, B., Guidal, M., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Hattawy, M., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Hyde, C. E., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Keller, D., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Koirala, S., Kubarovsky, V., Kuleshov, S. V., Lenisa, P., Levine, W. I., Livingston, K., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mayer, M., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Moody, C. I., Moutarde, H., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Peng, P., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Pozdniakov, S., Price, J. W., Protopopescu, D., Puckett, A. J. R., Raue, B. A., Rimal, D., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Roy, P., Sabatié, F., Saini, M. S., Schott, D., Schumacher, R. A., Simonyan, A., Sokhan, D., Strauch, S., Sytnik, V., Tang, W., Tian, Ye, Ungaro, M., Vernarsky, B., Vlassov, A. V., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., and Zonta, I. Strangeness suppression of qq¯ creation observed in exclusive reactions. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.152004.
Mestayer, M. D., Park, K., Adhikari, K. P., Aghasyan, M., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Ball, J., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D’Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Doughty, D., Dupre, R., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T. A., Garillon, B., Garçon, M., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Goetz, J. T., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guegan, B., Guidal, M., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Hattawy, M., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Hyde, C. E., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Keller, D., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Koirala, S., Kubarovsky, V., Kuleshov, S. V., Lenisa, P., Levine, W. I., Livingston, K., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mayer, M., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Moody, C. I., Moutarde, H., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Peng, P., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Pozdniakov, S., Price, J. W., Protopopescu, D., Puckett, A. J. R., Raue, B. A., Rimal, D., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Roy, P., Sabatié, F., Saini, M. S., Schott, D., Schumacher, R. A., Simonyan, A., Sokhan, D., Strauch, S., Sytnik, V., Tang, W., Tian, Ye, Ungaro, M., Vernarsky, B., Vlassov, A. V., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., & Zonta, I. Strangeness suppression of qq¯ creation observed in exclusive reactions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.152004
Mestayer, M. D., Park, K., Adhikari, K. P., Aghasyan, M., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Ball, J., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D’Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Doughty, D., Dupre, R., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T. A., Garillon, B., Garçon, M., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Goetz, J. T., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guegan, B., Guidal, M., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Hattawy, M., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Hyde, C. E., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Keller, D., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Koirala, S., Kubarovsky, V., Kuleshov, S. V., Lenisa, P., Levine, W. I., Livingston, K., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mayer, M., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Moody, C. I., Moutarde, H., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Peng, P., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Pozdniakov, S., Price, J. W., Protopopescu, D., Puckett, A. J. R., Raue, B. A., Rimal, D., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Roy, P., Sabatié, F., Saini, M. S., Schott, D., Schumacher, R. A., Simonyan, A., Sokhan, D., Strauch, S., Sytnik, V., Tang, W., Tian, Ye, Ungaro, M., Vernarsky, B., Vlassov, A. V., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., and Zonta, I. Fri . "Strangeness suppression of qq¯ creation observed in exclusive reactions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.152004. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1159646.
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title = {Strangeness suppression of qq¯ creation observed in exclusive reactions},
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abstractNote = {In this study, we measured the ratios of electroproduction cross sections from a proton target for three exclusive meson-baryon final states: ΛK+, pπ0, and nπ+, with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. Using a simple model of quark hadronization, we extract qq¯ creation probabilities for the first time in exclusive two-body production, in which only a single qq¯ pair is created. We observe a sizable suppression of strange quark-antiquark pairs compared to nonstrange pairs, similar to that seen in high-energy production.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.152004},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 15,
volume = 113,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}

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