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IHEP 2001 - 13
V.V.Abramov
Universal Scaling Behaviour of the Transverse Polarization for Inclusively Produced Hyperons in Hadron-Hadron collisions
Protvino, 2001.- p.41, figs. 26, tables 12, refs.:67.


Experimental data on the polarization of hyperons, inclusively produced in hadron-hadron collisions, have been analyzed. It is shown that the existing data can be described by a function of transverse momentum ($p_{T}$) and two scaling variables $x_{A\pm}$ = $(x_{R} \pm x_{F})/2$: $ {\Pol_{H}} = A^{\alpha} {\FPT}(p_{T})[{\GXA}(x_{A+} -x_{2}) - \sigma {\GXA}(x_{A-} +x_{2}) ]$. The function ${\GXA}(x_{A+})$ is proportional to $ \sin[\omega(x_{A+} -x_{1})]/\omega$. The $\omega$, as well as the magnitude and the sign of the hyperon polarization depend on quantum numbers of hadrons participating in a reaction. It is assumed in the analysis that wave functions of hadrons are described by the $SU(6)$ model. The atomic weight dependence of the $\Lambda$ hyperon polarization is characterized by the parameter $\alpha \approx -0.16|x_{F}|$. There is an analogy between the scaling properties of the hyperon polarization and the analyzing power ($\AN$) in hadron production reactions. This new scaling law allows one to predict hyperon polarization for reactions and kinematic regions, yet unexplored in experiments and to confront these predictions with future experiments and various models.


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