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 language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1047-1050 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1985 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy