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The vector theory of strong interactions and antinucleon-nucleon annihilation

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The hypothesis that antinucleon-nucleon annihilation at rest is dominated by single-particle intermediate states consisting of vector mesons is examined. The hypothesis is consistent with current experiments and offers an explanation of certain observed features of the annihilation process. Several critical tests are suggested to verify or repudiate the hypothesis.

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Si esamina l’ipotesi che l’annichilazione antinucleone-nucleone in quiete sia dominata da stati intermedi ad una particella consistenti di mesoni vettoriali. L’ipotesi è in accordo con gli esperimenti attuali ed offre una spiegazione di aloune caratteristiche osservate nel processo di annichilazione. Si suggeriscono parecchi esperimenti critici per verifloare o respingere questa ipotesi.

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  1. Stanford University, Stanford, Cal.

    S. M. Berman & R. J. Oakes (National Science Foundation Postdoctoral fellow)

  2. Department of Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, USA

    R. J. Oakes (National Science Foundation Postdoctoral fellow)

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  1. S. M. Berman
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Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, supported by the Atomic Energy Commission.

This work was supported in part by the Air-Force Office of Scientific Research Grant AF-AFOSE - 62 - 452.

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Berman, S.M., Oakes, R.J. The vector theory of strong interactions and antinucleon-nucleon annihilation. Nuovo Cim 29, 1329–1337 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02750525

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