Abstract. The production of the Λ and Σ 0 hyperons has been measured via the pp → pK + Λ/Σ 0 reaction at the internal COSY-11 facility in the excess energy range between 14 and 60 MeV. The transition of the Λ/Σ 0 cross section ratio from about 28 at Q ≤ 13 M eV to the high energy level of about 2.5 is covered by the data showing a strong decrease of the ratio between 10 and 20 MeV excess energy. Effects from the final state interactions in the p − Σ 0 channel seems to be much smaller compared to the p − Λ one. Estimates of the effective range parameters are given for the N Λ and the N Σ systems.
The total cross section of the reaction pp->ppK+K- has been measured at
excess energies Q=10 MeV and 28 MeV with the magnetic spectrometer COSY-11. The
new data show a significant enhancement of the total cross section compared to
pure phase space expectations or calculations within a one boson exchange
model. In addition, we present invariant mass spectra of two particle
subsystems. While the K+K- system is rather constant for different invariant
masses, there is an enhancement in the pK- system towards lower masses which
could at least be partially connected to the influence of the Lambda(1405)
resonance.Comment: accepted for publication in Phys. Lett.
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