Ways to make polarized antiproton beams

For making polarized antiproton beams the so called filter method is normally discussed. It is based on the depletion of one spin component due to the spin dependent interaction if a stored beam passes a polarized target. The method has been proven by the FILTEX collaboration and detailed studies are presently performed by the PAX collaboration. Another source for polarized antiprotons is the antilambda decay as it was used in the only experiment with polarized antiprotons so far at FERMILAB. Furthermore the antiproton production process itself if showing polarisation, would be by far the best way to get polarized (p) over bar. It can be assumed to result from a quasi-free proton-nucleon collison. Up to now it has never been investigated in detail. In such a hadronic interaction the antiprotons may have substantial polarisation which would simplify the preparation of a polarized antiproton beam drastically. It is proposed to measure the polarisation of antiprotons produced in a fixed target experiment.