Lettere al Nuovo Cimento (1971-1985)

, Volume 1, Issue 13, pp 531–537 | Cite as

Nucleon-antinucleon production in high-energy (> 1012 eV) hadron collisions

  • S. C. Tonwar
  • S. Naranan
  • B. V. Sreekantan
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Conclusions

The experimental data on arrival time spectra and the charged-to-neutral ratio for hadrons associated with air showers conclusively show that nucleon-antinucleon pairs are produced in abundance (~14%) in high-energy hadron interactions (> 1012 eV). Since machine results even at 70 GeV indicate production of only about 1% of nucleon-antinucleon pairs among secondaries, it follows that there must be a rapid increase in the production cross-section with energy between (1011÷1012) eV. The time structure studies of hadrons in air showers lead to interesting guesses on the probable phenomenological picture of high-energy hadrons collisions.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • S. C. Tonwar
    • 1
  • S. Naranan
    • 1
  • B. V. Sreekantan
    • 1
  1. 1.Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchBombay

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