The N*(1710) contribution to the Θ+ production cross sections in p-p collisions
- Received Date: 2005-12-04
- Accepted Date: 2005-12-21
- Available Online: 2006-06-05
Abstract: In this paper we derive the Θ production cross section in high energy proton-proton collisions in the relativistic framework through using effective hadronic couplings. Both the nucleon and N*(1710) propagations are taken into account in the intermediate states. The one π and one ρ exchange mechanisms are considered and the commonly accepted coupling constants and form factors are used in the calculation. We find that ρ exchange is dominant in these processes and the N*(1710) propagation in the intermediate state is important,which increases the Θ production cross section by a factor of a few tens at center of mass energy 4GeV.