NEUTRAL STRANGE PARTICLE-PRODUCTION IN DEEP-INELASTIC SCATTERING AT HERA

NEUTRAL STRANGE PARTICLE-PRODUCTION IN DEEP-INELASTIC SCATTERING AT HERA

This paper presents measurements of K0 and Λ production in neutral current, deep inelastic scattering of 26.7 GeV electrons and 820 GeV protons in the kinematic range 10<q2<640 0.0003<x<0.01,="" and="" gev2,="" y="">0.04. Average multiplicities...

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Main Authors: Derrick, M, Krakauer, D, Magill, S, Mikunas, D, Musgrave, B, Repond, J, Stanek, R, Talaga, R, Zhang, H, Ayad, R, Bari, G, Basile, M, Bellagamba, L, Boscherini, D, Bruni, A, Bruni, G, Bruni, P, Romeo, G, Castellini, G, Chiarini, M, Cifarelli, L, Cindolo, F, Contin, A, Corradi, M, Gialas, I
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1995
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Summary:This paper presents measurements of K0 and Λ production in neutral current, deep inelastic scattering of 26.7 GeV electrons and 820 GeV protons in the kinematic range 10<q2<640 0.0003<x<0.01,="" and="" gev2,="" y="">0.04. Average multiplicities for K0 and Λ production are determined for transverse momenta pT&gt;0.5 GeV and pseudorapidities |η|&lt;1.3. The multiplicities favour a stronger strange to light quark suppression in the fragmentation chain than found in e+e- experiments. The production properties of K0' s in events with and without a large rapidity gap with respect to the proton direction are compared. The ratio of neutral K0' s to charged particles per event in the measured kinematic range is, within the present statistics, the same in both samples. © 1995 Springer-Verlag.</q2<640>

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