“…1. While the exchange of the lightest mesons, namely π and K + , is expected to be dominant in the Λ and Σ 0 production [1,2,3,4,5,6,7] there could be also a contribution arising from the exchange of heavier non-strange or strange mesons [8,9,10,11]. In addition, proton-hyperon final state interactions (FSI) play an important role when comparing the pK + Λ and pK + Σ 0 reaction channels.…”