Particle ratios in energetic hadron collisions

James D. Bjorken and Glennys R. Farrar
Phys. Rev. D 9, 1449 – Published 1 March 1974
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Abstract

We construct a simple statistical model in order to estimate, for very energetic collisions, the ratios of particles with various quantum numbers produced with center-of-mass momenta less than a few GeV. Two conclusions are that (1) isobar decay can account for a large fraction of the SU(3) violation observed experimentally, and (2) at high transverse momentum the dominance of pions diminishes.

  • Received 27 August 1973

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.9.1449

©1974 American Physical Society

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James D. Bjorken

  • Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Glennys R. Farrar

  • California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109

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Vol. 9, Iss. 5 — 1 March 1974

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