Published January 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

High-precision measurement of the associated strangeness production in proton-proton interactions

  • 1. Jagellonian University, Institute of Physics, Cracow (Poland)
  • 2. Forschungszentrum Juelich, Institut fuer Kernphysik, Juelich (Germany)
  • 3. University of Tuebingen, Kepler Center for Astro and Particle Physics, Tuebingen (Germany)
  • 4. Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, Erlangen (Germany)
  • 5. Physikalisches Institut der Universitaet Tuebingen, Tuebingen (Germany)
  • 6. Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Experimentalphysik I, Bochum (Germany)
  • 7. Forces and Matter Experiments (JARA-FAME), Juelich Aachen Research Allianz, Juelich (Germany)
  • 8. Forschungszentrum Juelich, Corporate Development, Juelich (Germany)
  • 9. Elektronik und Analytik, Zentralinstitut fuer Engineering, Juelich (Germany)

Description

A new high-precision measurement of the reaction pp → pK+Λ at a beam momentum of 2.95 GeV/c with more than 200 000 analyzed events allows a detailed analysis of differential observables and their inter-dependencies. Correlations of the angular distributions with momenta are examined. The invariant mass distributions are compared for different regions in the Dalitz plots. The cusp structure at the NΣ threshold is described with the Flatte formalism and its variation in the Dalitz plot is analyzed. (orig.)

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Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16007-4

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Journal Title
European Physical Journal. A
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1-23
ISSN
1434-6001

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