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THE LIFETIME OF A DEEPLY BOUND H DIBARYON AND THE CYGNUS-X-3 EVENTS
PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • JF Donoghue, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Eugene Golowich, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • BR Holstein, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Publication Date
1986
Abstract

The explanation of the Cygnus X-3 events which involves a strange-quark star emitting the doubly strange H dibaryon requires the H to have a lifetime of greater than ten years. We calculate the ΔS=2 H→ NN for an H bound below ΛN threshold, and find τHless, approximate6 days.

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Pages
441-444
Citation Information
JF Donoghue, Eugene Golowich and BR Holstein. "THE LIFETIME OF A DEEPLY BOUND H DIBARYON AND THE CYGNUS-X-3 EVENTS" PHYSICS LETTERS B Vol. 174 Iss. 4 (1986)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/barry_holstein/202/