Statistical bootstrap model and annihilations

The statistical bootstrap model (SBM) describes the decay of single, high mass, hadronic states (fireballs, clusters) into stable particles. Coupling constants B, one for each isospin multiplet of stable particles, are the only free parameter of the model. They are related to the maximum temperature parameter T/sub 0/. The various versions of the SMB can be classified into two groups: full statistical bootstrap models and linear ones. The main results of the model are the following: i) All momentum spectra are isotropic; especially the exclusive ones are described by invariant phase space. The inclusive and semi-inclusive single-particle distributions are asymptotically of pure exponential shape; the slope is governed by T /sub 0/ only. ii) The model parameter B for pions has been obtained by fitting the multiplicity distribution in pp and pn at rest, and corresponds to T/sub 0/=0.167 GeV in the full SBM with exotics. The average pi /sup -/ multiplicity for the linear and the full SBM (both with exotics) is compared with data on pp. (10 refs).