Baryon Production in e+e- annihilation at s=29 GeV: Clusters or diquarks?

H. Aihara, M. Alston-Garnjost, J. A. Bakken, A. Barbaro-Galtieri, A. V. Barnes, B. A. Barnett, H. U. Bengtsson, B. J. Blumenfeld, A. D. Bross, C. D. Buchanan, O. Chamberlain, C. Y. Chien, A. R. Clark, A. Cordier, O. I. Dahl, C. T. Day, K. A. Derby, P. H. Eberhard, D. L. Fancher, H. FujiiT. Fujii, B. Gabioud, J. W. Gary, W. Gorn, N. J. Hadley, J. M. Hauptman, W. Hofmann, J. E. Huth, J. Hylen, T. Kamae, H. S. Kaye, R. W. Kenney, L. T. Kerth, R. I. Koda, R. R. Kofler, K. K. Kwong, J. G. Layter, C. S. Lindsey, S. C. Loken, X. Q. Lu, G. R. Lynch, L. Madansky, R. J. Madaras, K. Maruyama, J. N. Marx, J. A.J. Matthews, S. O. Melnikoff, W. Moses, P. Nemethy, D. R. Nygren, P. J. Oddone, D. A. Park, A. Pevsner, M. Pripstein, P. R. Robrish, M. T. Ronan, R. R. Ross, F. R. Rouse, R. R. Sauerwein, G. Shapiro, M. D. Shapiro, B. C. Shen, W. E. Slater, M. L. Stevenson, D. H. Stork, H. K. Ticho, N. Toge, R. F. Van Daalen Wetters, G. J. Vandalen, R. Van Tyen, E. M. Wang, M. R. Wayne, W. A. Wenzel, H. Yamamoto, M. Yamauchi, W. M. Zhang

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    Abstract

    We use the time-projection chamber detector to study mechanisms of baryon production in the central rapidity region of jets from e+e- annihilation. On the basis of angular correlations between protons and antiprotons, we exclude the isotropic decay of heavy mesonic clusters as a dominant source of baryons at 95% confidence level. The diquark mechanisms used in string fragmentation models reproduce the data, provided that diquarks are formed in a two-step process which allows mesons to be produced in between the baryon and antibaryon.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)1047-1050
    Number of pages4
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume55
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1985

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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