Exclusive baryon-antibaryon production in $γγ$ collisions at e+e- colliders

Abstract

The exclusive production of baryon-antibaryon pairs in the collisions of two quasi-real photons has been studied using different detectors at e+e- colliders. Results are presented for $γγ\to$ proton antiproton, $γγ\toΛ\barΛ$, and $γγ\to Σ^{0}\bar{Σ^{0}}$ final states. The cross-section measurements are compared with all the existing experimental data and with the analytic calculations based on the three-quark model, on the quark-diquark model, and on the handbag model.