Meson Production in High-Energy Nucleon-Nucleon Collisions
- 15 January 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 93 (2), 326-330
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.93.326
Abstract
A model for meson production in high-energy nucleon-nucleon collisions similar to a model suggested by Takagi is discussed. It is assumed that the primary collisions result in the formation of two highly excited nucleons which decay as free particles. Forward and backward center-of-mass collimation is a natural consequence. Angular momentum is discussed and treated quantitatively by means of thermodynamic arguments similar to those used by Fermi. The model implies a tendency for the mesons to be emitted in a plane. The multiplicities predicted are larger than those predicted from the Fermi model and depend upon an additional parameter related to angular momentum.Keywords
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