Investigating the role of strangeness in baryon–antibaryon annihilation at the LHC

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Investigating the role of strangeness in baryon–antibaryon annihilation at the LHC. / ALICE Collaboration.

In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, Vol. 829, 137060, 10.06.2022.

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ALICE Collaboration 2022, 'Investigating the role of strangeness in baryon–antibaryon annihilation at the LHC', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 829, 137060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137060

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ALICE Collaboration (2022). Investigating the role of strangeness in baryon–antibaryon annihilation at the LHC. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 829, [137060]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137060

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ALICE Collaboration. Investigating the role of strangeness in baryon–antibaryon annihilation at the LHC. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 2022 Jun 10;829. 137060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137060

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ALICE Collaboration. / Investigating the role of strangeness in baryon–antibaryon annihilation at the LHC. In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 2022 ; Vol. 829.

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title = "Investigating the role of strangeness in baryon–antibaryon annihilation at the LHC",

abstract = "Annihilation dynamics plays a fundamental role in the baryon–antibaryon interaction (B–B‾) at low-energy and its strength and range are crucial in the assessment of possible baryonic bound states. Experimental data on annihilation cross sections are available for the p–p‾ system but not in the low relative momentum region. Data regarding the B–B‾ interaction with strange degrees of freedom are extremely scarce, hence the modeling of the annihilation contributions is mainly based on nucleon–antinucleon (N–N‾) results, when available. In this letter we present a measurement of the p–p‾, p–Λ‾⊕p‾–Λ and Λ–Λ‾ interaction using correlation functions in the relative momentum space in high-multiplicity triggered pp collisions at s=13 TeV recorded by ALICE at the LHC. In the p–p‾ system the couplings to the mesonic channels in different partial waves are extracted by adopting a coupled-channel approach with recent χEFT potentials. The inclusion of these inelastic channels provides good agreement with the data, showing a significant presence of the annihilation term down to zero momentum. Predictions obtained using the Lednick{\'y}–Lyuboshits formula and scattering parameters obtained from heavy-ion collisions, hence mainly sensitive to elastic processes, are compared with the experimental p–Λ‾⊕p‾–Λ and Λ–Λ‾ correlations. The model describes the Λ–Λ‾ data and underestimates the p–Λ‾⊕p‾–Λ data in the region of momenta below 200 MeV/c. The observed deviation indicates a different contribution of annihilation channels to the two systems containing strange hadrons.",

author = "{ALICE Collaboration} and S. Acharya and D. Adamov{\'a} and A. Adler and J. Adolfsson and {Aglieri Rinella}, G. and M. Agnello and N. Agrawal and Z. Ahammed and S. Ahmad and Ahn, {S. U.} and I. Ahuja and Z. Akbar and A. Akindinov and M. Al-Turany and Alam, {S. N.} and D. Aleksandrov and B. Alessandro and Alfanda, {H. M.} and {Alfaro Molina}, R. and B. Ali and Y. Ali and A. Alici and N. Alizadehvandchali and A. Alkin and J. Alme and T. Alt and L. Altenkamper and I. Altsybeev and Anaam, {M. N.} and C. Andrei and D. Andreou and A. Andronic and M. Angeletti and V. Anguelov and F. Antinori and P. Antonioli and C. Anuj and N. Apadula and L. Aphecetche and H. Appelsh{\"a}user and S. Arcelli and S. Belokurova and A. Erokhin and G. Feofilov and V. Kovalenko and T. Lazareva and D. Nesterov and V. Vechernin and A. Zarochentsev and V. Zherebchevskii",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 European Organization for Nuclear Research",

year = "2022",

month = jun,

day = "10",

doi = "10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137060",

language = "English",

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journal = "Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics",

issn = "0370-2693",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Investigating the role of strangeness in baryon–antibaryon annihilation at the LHC

AU - ALICE Collaboration

AU - Acharya, S.

AU - Adamová, D.

AU - Adler, A.

AU - Adolfsson, J.

AU - Aglieri Rinella, G.

AU - Agnello, M.

AU - Agrawal, N.

AU - Ahammed, Z.

AU - Ahmad, S.

AU - Ahn, S. U.

AU - Ahuja, I.

AU - Akbar, Z.

AU - Akindinov, A.

AU - Al-Turany, M.

AU - Alam, S. N.

AU - Aleksandrov, D.

AU - Alessandro, B.

AU - Alfanda, H. M.

AU - Alfaro Molina, R.

AU - Ali, B.

AU - Ali, Y.

AU - Alici, A.

AU - Alizadehvandchali, N.

AU - Alkin, A.

AU - Alme, J.

AU - Alt, T.

AU - Altenkamper, L.

AU - Altsybeev, I.

AU - Anaam, M. N.

AU - Andrei, C.

AU - Andreou, D.

AU - Andronic, A.

AU - Angeletti, M.

AU - Anguelov, V.

AU - Antinori, F.

AU - Antonioli, P.

AU - Anuj, C.

AU - Apadula, N.

AU - Aphecetche, L.

AU - Appelshäuser, H.

AU - Arcelli, S.

AU - Belokurova, S.

AU - Erokhin, A.

AU - Feofilov, G.

AU - Kovalenko, V.

AU - Lazareva, T.

AU - Nesterov, D.

AU - Vechernin, V.

AU - Zarochentsev, A.

AU - Zherebchevskii, V.

PY - 2022/6/10

Y1 - 2022/6/10

N2 - Annihilation dynamics plays a fundamental role in the baryon–antibaryon interaction (B–B‾) at low-energy and its strength and range are crucial in the assessment of possible baryonic bound states. Experimental data on annihilation cross sections are available for the p–p‾ system but not in the low relative momentum region. Data regarding the B–B‾ interaction with strange degrees of freedom are extremely scarce, hence the modeling of the annihilation contributions is mainly based on nucleon–antinucleon (N–N‾) results, when available. In this letter we present a measurement of the p–p‾, p–Λ‾⊕p‾–Λ and Λ–Λ‾ interaction using correlation functions in the relative momentum space in high-multiplicity triggered pp collisions at s=13 TeV recorded by ALICE at the LHC. In the p–p‾ system the couplings to the mesonic channels in different partial waves are extracted by adopting a coupled-channel approach with recent χEFT potentials. The inclusion of these inelastic channels provides good agreement with the data, showing a significant presence of the annihilation term down to zero momentum. Predictions obtained using the Lednický–Lyuboshits formula and scattering parameters obtained from heavy-ion collisions, hence mainly sensitive to elastic processes, are compared with the experimental p–Λ‾⊕p‾–Λ and Λ–Λ‾ correlations. The model describes the Λ–Λ‾ data and underestimates the p–Λ‾⊕p‾–Λ data in the region of momenta below 200 MeV/c. The observed deviation indicates a different contribution of annihilation channels to the two systems containing strange hadrons.

AB - Annihilation dynamics plays a fundamental role in the baryon–antibaryon interaction (B–B‾) at low-energy and its strength and range are crucial in the assessment of possible baryonic bound states. Experimental data on annihilation cross sections are available for the p–p‾ system but not in the low relative momentum region. Data regarding the B–B‾ interaction with strange degrees of freedom are extremely scarce, hence the modeling of the annihilation contributions is mainly based on nucleon–antinucleon (N–N‾) results, when available. In this letter we present a measurement of the p–p‾, p–Λ‾⊕p‾–Λ and Λ–Λ‾ interaction using correlation functions in the relative momentum space in high-multiplicity triggered pp collisions at s=13 TeV recorded by ALICE at the LHC. In the p–p‾ system the couplings to the mesonic channels in different partial waves are extracted by adopting a coupled-channel approach with recent χEFT potentials. The inclusion of these inelastic channels provides good agreement with the data, showing a significant presence of the annihilation term down to zero momentum. Predictions obtained using the Lednický–Lyuboshits formula and scattering parameters obtained from heavy-ion collisions, hence mainly sensitive to elastic processes, are compared with the experimental p–Λ‾⊕p‾–Λ and Λ–Λ‾ correlations. The model describes the Λ–Λ‾ data and underestimates the p–Λ‾⊕p‾–Λ data in the region of momenta below 200 MeV/c. The observed deviation indicates a different contribution of annihilation channels to the two systems containing strange hadrons.

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U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137060

DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137060

M3 - Article

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VL - 829

JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

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