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Quark to $\Lambda$-hyperon spin transfers in the current-fragmentation region

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2013-10-09 v1

Abstract

We perform a study on the struck quark to the Λ\Lambda-hyperon fragmentation processes by taking into account the anti-quark fragmentations and intermediate decays from other hyperons. We concentrate on how the longitudinally polarized quark fragments to the longitudinally polarized Λ\Lambda, how unpolarized quark and anti-quark fragment to the unpolarized Λ\Lambda, and how quark and anti-quark fragment to the Λ\Lambda through the intermediate decay processes. We calculate the effective fragmentation functions in the light-cone SU(6) quark-spectator-diquark model via the Gribov-Lipatov relation, with the Melosh-Wigner rotation effect also included. The calculated results are in reasonable agreement with the HERMES semi-inclusive epep experimental data and the OPAL and ALEPH e+ee^{+}e^{-} annihilation experimental data.

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@article{arxiv.1310.2005,
  title  = {Quark to $\Lambda$-hyperon spin transfers in the current-fragmentation region},
  author = {Yujie Chi and Bo-Qiang Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.2005},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

14 latex pages, 8 figures. Final version for publication in PLB

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