paper

The measurement of the pp->K+ n Sigma+ reaction near threshold

arXiv:1008.3465 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2010.11.072

Abstract

It is shown that a recent extraction of the total cross section for pp->K+ n Sigma+ from inclusive K+ production data is in conflict with experimental data on the exclusive pp->K+ p Lambda reaction. The result may be interpreted as an upper bound which is not inconsistent with the much lower values that already exist in the literature.

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