In:
Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Vol. 328, No. 5974 ( 2010-04-02), p. 58-62
Abstract:
Nuclear collisions recreate conditions in the universe microseconds after the Big Bang. Only a very small fraction of the emitted fragments are light nuclei, but these states are of fundamental interest. We report the observation of antihypertritons—comprising an antiproton, an antineutron, and an antilambda hyperon—produced by colliding gold nuclei at high energy. Our analysis yields 70 ± 17 antihypertritons ( H ¯ Λ ¯ 3 ) and 157 ± 30 hypertritons ( H Λ 3 ). The measured yields of H Λ 3 ( H ¯ Λ ¯ 3 ) and 3 He ( He ¯ 3 ) are similar, suggesting an equilibrium in coordinate and momentum space populations of up, down, and strange quarks and antiquarks, unlike the pattern observed at lower collision energies. The production and properties of antinuclei, and of nuclei containing strange quarks, have implications spanning nuclear and particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0036-8075
,
1095-9203
DOI:
10.1126/science.1183980
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Publication Date:
2010
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128410-1
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2066996-3
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2060783-0
SSG:
11
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