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Proton-antiproton annihilation into electrons, muons and vector bosons

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The possibility of achieving relatively high intensity antiproton beams has prompted some considerations on the rather rare annihilation channels of the proton-antiproton system. We propose i) to study the two-electron mode as a means of investigating the electromagnetic structure of the proton for time like momentum transfers; ii) to study the two-muon mode and compare with the two-electron mode to investigate whether the muon behaves like a heavy electron for large time like momentum transfers; iii) to investigate the existence of weak vector bosons by the modes p + p → B + B and p + p → B + π. Although no precise theoretical predictions can be made, crude estimates indicate that the cross-section for these four channels could be roughly of the same order of magnitude.

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La possibilità di ottenere fasci di antiprotoni di intensità relativamente alta ha suggerito alcune considerazioni sui canali di annichilazione del sistema protone antiprotone, che sono alquanto rari. Ci proponiamo: i) di studiare il modo a due elettroni come mezzo per investigare la struttura elettromagnetica del protone per trasferimenti di impulso di tipo temporale; ii) di studiare il modo a due muoni e confrontarlo con il modo a due elettroni per vedere se il muone si comporta come un elettrone pesante per grandi trasferimenti di impulsi di tipo temporale; iii) ricercare l’esistenza di bosoni vet toriali deboli con i modi p + p → B + B e p + p → B + π. Sebbene non si possano fare precise predizioni teoriche, stime grossolane indicano che la sezione d’urto per questi quattro canali dovrebbe essere approssimativamente dello stesso ordine di grandezza.

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Zichichi, A., Berman, S.M., Cabibbo, N. et al. Proton-antiproton annihilation into electrons, muons and vector bosons. Nuovo Cim 24, 170–180 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02785769

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