Baryon production in the quantized fragmentation of helical QCD string

Baryon production is studied within the framework of quantized fragmentation of a QCD string. Baryons appear in the model in a fairly intuitive way, with the help of causally connected string breakups. A simple helical approximation of a QCD flux tube with parameters constrained by a mass spectrum of light mesons is sufficient to reproduce masses of light baryons.

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Researchers studied baryon production within the framework of quantized fragmentation of a QCD string, finding that baryons appear in a fairly intuitive way through causally connected string breakups. By using a simple helical approximation of a QCD flux tube with parameters constrained by a mass spectrum of light mesons, they were able to reproduce the masses of light baryons.