Quark distributions of octet baryons from SU(3) symmetry

SU(3) symmetry relations between the octet baryons are introduced in order to connect both the unpolarized and polarized quark distributions of the octet baryons with those of the nucleon. Two different parametrizations of the nucleon quark distributions are used. A new scenario of quark flavor and spin structure of the Lambda is found and compared with two other models: a perturbative QCD based analysis and a quark diquark model. The it and d quarks inside the Lambda are predicted to be positively polarized at a large Bjorken variable x in the new scenario. By using an approximate relation connecting the quark fragmentation functions with the quark distributions, the hadron polarizations of the octet baryons in e(+) e(-) annihilation, polarized charged lepton deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) processes, and neutrino (antineutrino) DIS processes are predicted. The predictions for Lambda polarizations in several processes are compatible with the available data at a large fragmentation momentum fraction z, and support the prediction of positively polarized it and d quarks inside the Lambda at large x. Predictions for Drell-Yan processes from Sigma(+/-) and Xi(-) beams on an isoscalar target are also given and discussed.http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000173793300023&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701Astronomy & AstrophysicsPhysics, Particles & FieldsSCI(E)16ARTICLE3null6