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How Often Do Diquarks Form? A Very Simple Model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-08-31 v1

Abstract

Starting from a textbook result, the nearest-neighbor distribution of particles in an ideal gas, we develop estimates for the probability with which quarks qq in a mixed qq, qˉ\bar q gas are more strongly attracted to the nearest qq, potentially forming a diquark, than to the nearest qˉ\bar q. Generic probabilities lie in the range of tens of percent, with values in the several percent range even under extreme assumptions favoring qqˉq\bar q over qqqq attraction.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1606.07108,
  title  = {How Often Do Diquarks Form? A Very Simple Model},
  author = {Richard F. Lebed},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.07108},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

6 pages, 2 tables, no figures

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