Related papers: The Reaction $pp\to p \Lambda K^+$ Near Threshold
Measurements of the near threshold Lambda and Sigma0 production via the pp-->pK+Lambda/Sigma0 reaction at COSY--11 have shown that the Lambda/Sigma0 cross section ratio exceeds the value at high excess energies Q>=300 MeV by an order of…
Measurements of the pp-->ppK+K- reaction, performed near the kinematical threshold with the experiment COSY-11 at the Cooler Synchrotron COSY, reveal a significant discrepancy between obtained excitation function and theoretical…
The near threshold total cross section and angular distributions of K+K- pair production via the reaction pp --> ppK+K- have been studied at an excess energy of Q = 17 MeV using the COSY-11 facility at the cooler synchrotron COSY. The…
Regarding the reaction $p \bar{p} \to \Lambda \bar{\Lambda}$, we provide a dynamical explanation focusing on its total and differential cross section based on the effective Lagrangian approach. Incorporating the $t$-channel exchange of the…
The reactions $pp\to p\Lambda K^+$ and $pp\to p\Sigma^0K^+$ are studied near their thresholds. The strangeness production process is described by the $\pi$- and $K$ exchange mechanisms. Effects from the final state interaction in the…
The cross sections for the pp -> ppK+K- reaction were measured at three beam energies 2.65, 2.70, and 2.83 GeV at the COSY-ANKE facility. The shape of the K+K- spectrum at low invariant masses largely reflects the importance of K\bar{K}…
The cross sections of the reaction $pp \to N K Y$ for $K^+$ or $K^0$ mesons and $\Lambda$ or $\Sigma$ hyperons are calculated within the boson exchange model including pion and kaon exchange diagrams. We analyze the dependence of the…
In this article studies of the near threshold $pp\to ppK^+K^-$ reaction conducted with the COSY-11 and the ANKE detectors are reviewed. In particular recent investigations on the $K^+K^-$ final state interaction are revisited taking into…
We analyse the $pp \to p \Lambda K$ cross section recently measured at COSY arguing that the enhancement of the production cross section at energies close to the reaction threshold should be due to the $\Lambda p$ final state interaction.…
We investigate the $\gamma p \to \phi K^+ \Lambda$ reaction near threshold within an effective Lagrangian approach and the isobar model. Various nucleon resonances caused by the $\pi$ and $\eta$ meson exchanges and background contributions…
The production of the Sigma+ hyperon through the pp->K+nSigma+ reaction has been investigated at four energies close to threshold, 1.826, 1.920, 1.958, and 2.020 GeV. At low energies, correlated K+pi+ pairs can only originate from Sigma+…
The high-precision cross-section data for the reaction $\gamma p \to K^{*+}\Lambda$ reported by the CLAS Collaboration at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have been analyzed based on an effective Lagrangian approach in the…
We study near-threshold $\eta$ meson production in $pp$ collisions within an effective Lagrangian approach combined with the isobar model, by allowing for the various intermediate nucleon resonances due to the $\pi$, $\eta$, and…
The $K^{+}K^{-}$ final state interaction was investigated based on both the $K^{+}K^{-}$ invariant mass distributions measured at excess energies of Q = 10 and 28 MeV and the near threshold excitation function for the $pp \to ppK^{+}K^{-}$…
Measurements of the $pp \to pK^+\Lambda$ reaction at $T_p$ = 2.28 GeV have been carried out at COSY-TOF. In addition to the $\Lambda p$ FSI and $N^*$ resonance excitation effects a pronounced narrow structure is observed in the Dalitz plot…
We report on a theoretical study of the $\pi^- p \to D^- D^0 p$ reaction near threshold within an effective Lagrangian approach. The production process is described by $t$ channel $D^{*0}$ meson exchange, $s$-channel nucleon pole, and $u$…
High-statistics cross sections for the reactions gamma + p --> K^+ + Lambda and gamma + p --> K^+ + Sigma^0 have been measured using CLAS at Jefferson Lab for center-of-mass energies W between 1.6 and 2.53 GeV, and for -0.85 < cos…
It is shown that most of the available data on the $pp\to pp\eta$ reaction, including the invariant mass distributions in the $pp\to pp\eta$ reaction recently measured at COSY, can be understood in terms of the partial-wave amplitudes…
The $\bar{K} + N \to K + \Xi$ reaction is studied for center-of-momentum energies ranging from threshold to 3 GeV in an effective Lagrangian approach that includes the hyperon $s$- and $u$-channel contributions as well as a phenomenological…
Within an effective Lagrangian approach, we investigate the reaction mechanism of $K^- p\to \eta\Lambda$ near threshold. It is found that a new $D_{03}$ resonance, with mass $M=1668.5\pm 0.5$MeV and width $\Gamma=1.5\pm0.5$MeV, is needed to…