Observation of subthreshold double strangeness production in anti-p annihilations on Xe nuclei: Search for stable H dibaryon

The Diana collaboration Barmin, V.V. ; Barylov, V.G. ; Chernukha, S.F. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.A 558 (1993) 361C-368C, 1993.
Inspire Record 358877 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.20612

The double strangeness production has been observed in two final states of annihilation of antiprotons at momentum less than 0.9 GeV/ c on Xe nuclei: K + K + X (8 events) and K + K 0 ΛX (6 events). The probabilities of the reaction p Xe → K + K + X vary from 2 · 10 −5 (at rest) up to 7 · 10 −5 (in flight). The reaction p Xe → K + K 0 ΛX is observed only in flight with probability 3 · 10 −4 . The properties of the observed reactions are similar to those resulting from the cascade process with production of Ξ hyperon: p N → K ∗ −K ∗ , K ∗ → Kπ, −K ∗ N → ΞK, ΞN → ΛΛ . The new upper limit on the production probability of the stable H ( S = −2) dibaryon in the reaction Xe → K + K + H(H → Σ − p)X was obtained to be < 2 · 10 − (90% C . L .).

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