Published June 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Antinucleon-nucleon annihilation dynamics

Creators

  • 1. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Center for Theoretical Physics

Description

The antinucleon-nucleon annihilation is predominantly described by a hot-fireball process where the many final quantum numbers are distributed in a statistical fashion. It is argued that caution must be used in employing the long-range meson-exchange forces to describe the protonium atomic states. The simplest processes of two final mesons do show puzzling behavior which might be a reflection of quark dynamics, but no guiding principles for these quark calculations have been established yet. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
8
Series
Nucl. Phys. B, Proc. Suppl.
Journal Page Range
193-202
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE

Conference

Title
9. international symposium on proton-antiproton interactions and fundamental symmetries (PP-9).
Dates
5-10 Sep 1988.
Place
Mainz (Germany, F.R.).

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-AC02-76ER03069