Ratio between two $Lambda$ and $bar{Lambda}$ production mechanisms in $p$ scattering


Abstract in English

We consider $Lambda$ and $bar{Lambda}$ production in a wide range of proton scattering experiments. The produced $Lambda$ and $bar{Lambda}$ may or may not contain a diquark remnant of the beam proton. The ratio of these two production mechanisms is found to be a simple universal function $r = [ kappa/(y_p - y) ]^i$ of the rapidity difference $y_p - y$ of the beam proton and the produced $Lambda$ or $bar{Lambda}$, valid over four orders of magnitude, from $r approx 0.01$ to $r approx 100$, with $kappa = 2.86 pm 0.03 pm 0.07$, and $i = 4.39 pm 0.06 pm 0.15$.

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