Fast Antibaryon Production in $pp$ Collisions as a Result of String Fusion

Abstract

The inclusion of string fusion in Dual Parton Model results in the appearance of diquark-antidiquark pairs in the sea with comparatively large Feynman-$x$. Such antidiquarks can fragment into fast antibaryons, thus increasing several times the corresponding yields in high energy $pp$ collisions for $x_F\sim 0.8÷0.9$. String fusion also results in an unusual dependence of inclusive spectra on the multiplicity of secondaries. Some numerical estimations are presented.

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