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A study of the Λπpd final state produced in K-meson interactions at rest in helium

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Results are presented of a bubble chamber study of K-meson interactions at rest in helium leading to the Λπpd final state. It is found that (75±1)% of this final state results from the two-step mechanism of internal Σ-Λ conversion via processes such as\(K^ - {\mathcal{N}} \to \Sigma \pi \) followed by\(\Sigma {\mathcal{N}} \to \Lambda {\mathcal{N}}\). The experimental results are compared to the predictions of a double-impulse model, in which a contribution has been included from a Σ-Λ conversion process involving two nucleons in order to reproduce the baryon momentum spectra. The model is capable of explaining the features of the invariant-mass distributions of the finalstate particles without invoking resonance production.

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Si presentano i risultati di uno studio con camera a bolle delle interazioni di mesoni K a riposo nell’elio che portano a stati finali Λπpd. Si è trovato che il (75±1)% di questo stato finale risulta dal meccanismo a due stadi della conversione (Σ-Λ) interna tramite i processi come\(K^ - \mathcal{N} \to \Sigma \pi \) seguiti da\(\Sigma {\mathcal{N}} \to \Lambda {\mathcal{N}}\). Si confrontano i risultati sperimentali con le predizioni di un modello a impulso doppio in cui è stato incluso un contributo da un processo di conversione (Σ-Λ) che coinvolge due nucleoni, in modo da riprodurre lo spettro degli impulsi del barione. Il modello è in grado di spiegare le caratteristiche delle distribuzioni di massa invariante delle particelle dello stato finale senza richiedere la produzione di risonanze.

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Roosen, R., Vander Velde-Wilquet, C., Wickens, J.H. et al. A study of the Λπpd final state produced in K-meson interactions at rest in helium. Nuov Cim A 49, 217–234 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02896724

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