The Quark Distributions in the Σ^+ Hyperon

Abstract

We use the meson cloud model and the Sullivan mechanism to estimate the sea flavor asymmetry in the Σ^+ baryon and calculate the distribution functions of both sea and valence quarks. We find large deviations from SU(3).

13 pages, 11 figures

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