Eur. Phys. J. A (2007) 31: 519-521
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2006-10282-6

QNP 2006

Strange-baryon production asymmetry in K^±N interactions

¹ YerPhI, Armenia
² Departamento de Fısica de Partıculas, Facultade de Fısica, and IGAE, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
³ SPNPI, Gatchina, St. Petersburg, Russia

^* e-mail: Merino@fpaxp1.usc.es

Received: 18 December 2006
Accepted: 25 December 2006
Published online: 21 March 2007

Abstract

The asymmetry of strange-baryon production in Kp interactions at high energies is considered in the framework of the Quark-Gluon String Model. The contribution of the string-junction mechanism to the strange baryon production is analysed.