Production ofK ?-mesons in proton-proton and proton-nucleus interactions at various energies

Abstract

Abstract. The experimental data on the production of K--mesons in pp-collisions are analyzed and a method of the unified description of these data in a broad energy range for primary protons is proposed. The K--mesons production in pA-col/isions is considered. The simple formulas for inclusive cross sections of the K--production in these collisions are given.

Antikaon production in nucleon- nucleon reactions near threshold

“…Comparing with earlier parameterizations, our predictions give a smaller cross section near threshold, roughly in line with the phase space considerations from Ref. [33]. It is thus important to have experimental data from nucleon-nucleon interactions at low energies to verify our predictions.…”

“…[19], the dotted line is the parameterization from Ref. [33], and the dash-dotted line from the statistical ROC model of Refs. [31,32].…”

Kaon versus antikaon production at SIS energies

“…The latter absorption cross section from Ref. [43] is displayed in Fig. 4 by the solid line together with the elastic K − N cross section (dashed line) as a function of the K-meson momentum with respect to the nucleon at rest.…”

Antikaon production and medium effects in heavy-ion collisions at AGS

“…In particular, its total production cross section from pp collisions is practically unknown. There are a number of parameterizations of the antikaon production cross section from the nucleon-nucleon interaction [21][22][23][24]. For example, the inclusive K − production cross section from the proton-proton interaction, i.e., pp → K − X, has been parameterized in Ref.…”