Published February 20, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Novel mechanism of H0 dibaryon production in proton-proton interactions from parton-based Gribov-Regge theory

  • 1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt (Germany)
  • 2. SUBATECH, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et des Technologies Associees, University of Nantes-IN2P3/CNRS-Ecole des Mines de Nantes, 4 rue Alfred Kastler, F-44072 Nantes Cedex 03 (France)
  • 3. Institute of Particle Physics, Huazhong Normal University, Wuhan (China)
  • 4. Physics Department, New York University, New York, New York (United States)
  • 5. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 6. Institut fuer Experimentelle Kernphysik, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (Germany)
  • 7. FZK, Institut fuer Kernphysik, Karlsruhe (Germany)

Description

A novel mechanism of H0 and strangelet production in hadronic interactions within the Gribov-Regge approach is presented. In this approach the H0 is produced by the same mechanism as usual hadrons, namely, by disintegration of the remnant formed by the exchange of pomerons between the two protons. Rapidity and transverse momentum spectra of the observed hadrons are well described in this approach. In contrast to traditional distillation approaches, here the production of multiple (strange) quark bags does not require large baryon densities or a quark gluon plasma. We calculate the rapidity and transverse momentum distributions as well as the 4π multiplicity of the H0 for √(s)=17 GeV (Super Proton Synchrotron) and 200 GeV (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider). In both cases the H0, if it exists, should be observable by the present experiments

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
92
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 072301-072301.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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