TY - JOUR
T1 - Two-nucleon production of hyperons and the search for strange dibaryons
AU - Chrien, R. E.
AU - Dover, C. B.
AU - Gal, A.
PY - 1992/11
Y1 - 1992/11
N2 - The double charge exchange reaction3He(K-, π+)Xn was studied at 870 MeV/c. In the X missing mass range below the sigma-nucleon production threshold (2130 MeV/c2), events were detected which can be attributed to the two-nucleon process pp(K-, π+)λn. This reaction and mass range also offers good prospects for finding the I=1/2, l=1 (1 P1) spin-singlet dibaryon Ds suggested as the lowest mass S=-1 dibaryon in the MIT Bag Model. Although the existence of the Ds is not ruled out by the present data, there is no need to invoke such an object to account for the observed events below σ production threshold. We show that the cross section level for these events is compatible with a dominant two-nucleon mechanism K-p→π0λ, π0p →π+n. We also offer an interpretation of the recent (K-,K+) data on nuclear targets from Iijima et al., which display a broad peak centered around a K+ momentum of 600 MeV/c. We find that the two-nucleon mechanism K-N →πY, πN→K+Y produces cross sections which are at least an order of magnitude smaller than those observed, and we suggest that the one nucleon process K-p →Φλ, followed by the decay Φ → K+K-, accounts for the data.
AB - The double charge exchange reaction3He(K-, π+)Xn was studied at 870 MeV/c. In the X missing mass range below the sigma-nucleon production threshold (2130 MeV/c2), events were detected which can be attributed to the two-nucleon process pp(K-, π+)λn. This reaction and mass range also offers good prospects for finding the I=1/2, l=1 (1 P1) spin-singlet dibaryon Ds suggested as the lowest mass S=-1 dibaryon in the MIT Bag Model. Although the existence of the Ds is not ruled out by the present data, there is no need to invoke such an object to account for the observed events below σ production threshold. We show that the cross section level for these events is compatible with a dominant two-nucleon mechanism K-p→π0λ, π0p →π+n. We also offer an interpretation of the recent (K-,K+) data on nuclear targets from Iijima et al., which display a broad peak centered around a K+ momentum of 600 MeV/c. We find that the two-nucleon mechanism K-N →πY, πN→K+Y produces cross sections which are at least an order of magnitude smaller than those observed, and we suggest that the one nucleon process K-p →Φλ, followed by the decay Φ → K+K-, accounts for the data.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF01591396
DO - 10.1007/BF01591396
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AN - SCOPUS:21144480774
SN - 0011-4626
VL - 42
SP - 1089
EP - 1113
JO - Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
JF - Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
IS - 11
ER -