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Soft-pion emission in\(\bar pp\) annihilations

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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Current algebra and partially conserved axial-vector current (PCAC) hypothesis are applied to study the proton-antiproton annihilation process\(\bar pp \to K^ + K^ - 4\pi ^0 \), treating all the emitted pions as soft. While the σ-terms are ignored, the double commutators giving rise to the divergence of axial-vector currents and representing π−π effects are retained. We express the rate for the process in a fully differential form in terms of the chosen variables and normalize it to the differential rate for the corresponding process without the soft pions. Branching ratios obtained after numerical integration of the expressions are given for various centre-of-mass energies and compared with the available experimental data.

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  1. Department of Physics, Andhra University, 530 003, Waltair, India

    R. Purushottamudu & Pratibha Nuthakki

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Purushottamudu, R., Nuthakki, P. Soft-pion emission in\(\bar pp\) annihilations. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 14, 257–261 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01571824

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