Journal article

Publication year: 2002

Pages: 2423-2442

Journal: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Volume number: 28

Issue number: 9

ISSN: 0954-3899

eISSN: 1361-6471

Open access status: Green

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/28/9/307

Publisher: IOP Publishing

Abstract: 
We investigate the cross section for the reaction NN --> N Na-0 near the threshold and at medium energies. An effective Lagrangian approach with a one-pion exchange is applied to analyse different contributions to the cross section for different isospin channels. The Reggeon exchange mechanism is also considered. The results are used to calculate the contribution of the a(0) meson to the cross sections and invariant K (K) over bar mass distributions of the reactions pp --> pn K+ (K) over bar (0) and pp --> ppK (+) K- . We found that the experimental observation of a' mesons in the reaction pp --> ppK(+)(K) over bar (0) is much more 0 promising than the observation of a(0)(0) mesons in the reaction pp --> ppK(+) K- .

Harvard Citation style: Bratkovskaya, E., Grishina, V., Kondratyuk, L., Büscher, M. and Cassing, W. (2002) Production of a₀ mesons in pp and pn reactions, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 28(9), Article PII S0954-3899(02)39571-9. pp. 2423-2442. https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/28/9/307

APA Citation style: Bratkovskaya, E., Grishina, V., Kondratyuk, L., Büscher, M., & Cassing, W. (2002). Production of a₀ mesons in pp and pn reactions. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics. 28(9), Article PII S0954-3899(02)39571-9, 2423-2442. https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/28/9/307