Quark model predictions for the decay distributions of strange baryons produced in the reactions 1/2+1/2+to1/x+3/2+

Abstract

The quark model is used to predict the joint decay distributions of pairs of strange baryons produced in the reactions -j+J + —► i +§+ with polarized target. For reactions with particles polarizedperpendicularly to the reaction plane it is possible to make absolute predictions using data obtained from reactions with unpolarized particles. Relations between the statistical tensors provide a method of evaluating the additivity angle for the 3/2+ isobar, if the polarization of the target in the reaction plane is not zero.