DOI 10.1007/s100529900053
Pion exchange and the H1 forward spectrometer data
A.W. Thomas - C. Boros
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics and
Special Research Centre for the Subatomic Structure of Matter,
University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Received: 4 December 1998 / Revised version: 1 February 1999 / Published online: 27 April 1999
Abstract
We point out that the 
component of the nucleon
wave function is vital to the interpretation of the recent H1 data for
leading baryon production. While the n/p ratio is equal to two
with the 
component alone, the inclusion of the component
brings this ratio very near to unity, as observed in the experiment.
This result demonstrates that pion exchange can not only account for
leading neutron but also for
a large fraction of the leading proton production.
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