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Instantons and eta meson production near threshold in NN collisions

Vicente VentoNikolai KochelevAndrey V. Vinnikov

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PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsInstantonParticle physicsScatteringHigh Energy Physics::LatticeEta mesonQCD vacuumNuclear TheoryHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyFísicaCross section (physics)Near thresholdHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyProduction (computer science)High Energy Physics::ExperimentNuclear Experiment

description

An enhancement for the $\eta$ production in proton-neutron collisions as compared with that in proton-proton scattering has been recently observed. We present a calculation for the production cross section, in proton-neutron collisions near threshold, within instanton model for the QCD vacuum and show that a specific flavor dependent nonperturbative quark-gluon interaction related to instantons is able to explain the observed enhancement.

10.1016/s0370-2693(99)01440-9http://hdl.handle.net/10550/43655