Department of Physics, University of Liverpool;Department of Physics, University of Athens;Nuclear Research Centre, “Demokritos”, Athens;Institute of High-Energy Physics, Vienna
Abstract:
Aspects of the process K?p → Λ + pions for K? mesons of momentum 8.25 GeV/c are examined. It is shown that the hypercharge annihilation process can be effectively separated into off-shell baryon (B?B) and strangeness (K?K) annihilation. Both annihilation regions have many features in common and show strong similarities to on-shell annihilation processes; some differences are also noted.