Inclusive $\Lambda$ production in proton-proton collisions at 3.5 GeV

• Autor(a) principal: HADES collaboration (109 authors)
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Blanco, A., Bordalo, P., Fonte, P., Franco, C., Lopes, L., Mangiarotti, A., Ramos, S., Silva, L.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27223

The inclusive production of Λ hyperons in proton-proton collisions at s=3.18GeV was measured with HADES at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt. The experimental data are compared to a data-based model for individual exclusive Λ production channels in the same reaction. The contributions of intermediate resonances such as Σ(1385), Δ++, or N* are considered in detail. In particular, the result of a partial-wave analysis accounts for the abundant pK+Λ final state. Model and data show a reasonable agreement at midrapidities, while a difference is found for larger rapidities. A total Λ production cross section in p+p collisions at s=3.18GeV of σ(p+p→Λ+X)=207.3±1.3−7.3+6.0(stat.)±8.4(syst.)−0.5+0.4(model.)μb is found.