Measurement of the K-S mean lifetime from pi(+)pi(-) and pi(0)pi(0) decays using K-L decays to determine the acceptance by Bertanza, L, Bigi, A, Calafiura, P, Calvetti, M, Carosi, R, Carrozza, M, Casali, R, Cerri, C, Fantechi, R, Mannelli, I, Marzulli, V, Nappi, A, Pierazzini, G, Tassi, L, Barr, G, Buchholz, P, Coward, D, Cundy, D, Doble, N, Gatignon, L, Grafstrom, P, Hagelberg, R, Wahl, H, Peach, K, Beier, T

“…A precision measurement of the KS mean lifetime has been performed by comparing, in the same experimental setup, the distributions of two-pion decays of neutral kaons produced by high energy proton-beryllium interactions in two targets at a relative distance variable between 112 and 160 m. …”

Azimuthal single- and double-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic lepton scattering by transversely polarized protons by Luciano L. Pappalardo, Gunar Schnell

“…A comprehensive set of azimuthal single-spin and double-spin asymmetries in semi- inclusive leptoproduction of pions, charged kaons, protons, and antiprotons from transversely polarized protons is presented. …”
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Production of ϕ mesons in Au+Au collisions at 11.7A GeV∕c by Dunlop, James C., Heintzelman, G., Ogilvie, Craig A., Pak, R., Stephans, George S. F., Yao, H. B.

“…The yield of ϕ’s per participant projectile nucleon increases strongly in central collisions in a manner similar to that observed for kaons.…”
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SEARCH FOR EXCLUSIVE CHARMLESS B-MESON DECAYS WITH THE DELPHI DETECTOR AT LEP by Abreu, P, Adam, W, Adye, T, Agasi, E, Ajinenko, I, Aleksan, R, Alekseev, G, Allport, P, Almehed, S, Alvsvaag, S, Amaldi, U, Amato, S, Andreazza, A, Andrieux, M, Antilogus, P, Apel, W, Arnoud, Y, Asman, B, Augustinus, A, Baillon, P, Bambade, P, Barao, F, Barate, R, Barbiellini, G, Bardin, D

“…Particle identification was used to distinguish the final states with protons, kaons and pions. Three candidate events selected in two-body decay modes are interpreted as evidence for charmless B decays. …”

Low energy hadron production data and current status of CERN measurements by Barr, G, Engel, R

“…Data on low-energy hadron production in collisions of nucleons, pions and kaons with light nuclei are needed for many astrophysical and accelerator applications. …”

A precise measurement of the direct CP violation parameter Re(ε′/ε) by Lai, A, Marras, D, Bevan, A, Dosanjh, R, Gershon, T, Hay, B, Kalmus, G, Lazzeroni, C, Munday, D, Needham, MD, Olaiya, E, Parker, M, White, T, Wotton, SA, Barr, G, Bocquet, G, Ceccucci, A, Cuhadar-Dönszelmann, T, Cundy, D, D'Agostini, G, Doble, N, Falaleev, V, Funk, W, Gatignon, L, Gonidec, A

“…The direct CP violation parameter Re(ε′/ε) has been measured from the decay rates of neutral kaons into two pions using the NA48 detector at the CERN SPS. …”

Inclusive hadron yields from D-s(+) decays by Dobbs, S, Metreveli, Z, Seth, K, Tan, B, Tomaradze, A, Libby, J, Martin, L, Powell, A, Thomas, C, Wilkinson, G, Mendez, H, Ge, J, Miller, D, Shipsey, I, Xin, B, Adams, G, Hu, D, Moziak, B, Napolitano, J, Ecklund, K, He, Q, Insler, J, Muramatsu, H, Park, C, Thorndike, E

“…We report the inclusive yields of Ds+ decays to K+X, K-X, KS0X, π+X, π-X, π0X, ηX, η′X, X, ωX, and f0(980)X, and also decays into pairs of kaons, Ds+→KK̄X. Using these measurements, we obtain an overview of Ds+ decays. © 2009 The American Physical Society.…”

TORCH - Cherenkov and Time-of-Flight PID Detector for the LHCb Upgrade at CERN by Harnew, N, Gao, R, Föhl, K, Brook, N, Castillo García, L, Conneely, T, Cussans, D, Forty, R, Frei, C, Gys, T, Milnes, J, Rademacker, J, Piedigrossi, D, Ros Garcia, A, van Dijk, M

“…TORCH is proposed for the LHCb experiment at CERN to provide positive particle identification for kaons, and is currently in the Research-and-Development phase. …”

Configurational information measure of mesonic states in 4-flavor AdS/QCD by G. Karapetyan, W. de Paula, R. da Rocha

“…Strange axial-vector kaons, K1, and f1 meson resonances are investigated in the 4-flavor AdS/QCD model. …”
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A MEASUREMENT OF THE B(S)0 MESON MASS by Abreu, P, Adam, W, Adye, T, Agasi, E, Aleksan, R, Alekseev, G, Allport, P, Almehed, S, Almeida, F, Alvsvaag, S, Amaldi, U, Andreazza, A, Antilogus, P, Apel, W, Apsimon, R, Arnoud, Y, Asman, B, Augustin, J, Augustinus, A, Baillon, P, Bambade, P, Barao, F, Barate, R, Barbiellini, G, Bardin, D

“…Three Bs 0 decay candidates have been selected over a negligible background using theDs - π+, Ds - a1 + (1260) and J Ψ φ decay modes, with identified kaons in the final state. The Bs 0 meson mass is measured to be mBs = (5374± 16± 2) MeV/ c2. © 1994.…”

Identified charged particles in quark and gluon jets by Abreu, P, Adam, W, Adye, T, Adzic, P, Albrecht, Z, Alderweireld, T, Alekseev, G, Alemany, R, Allmendinger, T, Allport, P, Almehed, S, Amaldi, U, Amapane, N, Amato, S, Anassontzis, E, Andersson, P, Andreazza, A, Andringa, S, Antilogus, P, Apel, W, Arnoud, Y, Asman, B, Augustin, J, Augustinus, A, Baillon, P

“…The maxima, £*, of the ξ -distributions for kaons in gluon and quark jets are observed to be different.…”

Measurement of [phi] meson production in Cu+Cu collisions at 200 GeV using the PHOBOS detector at RHIC by Vaurynovich, Siarhei (Siarhei S.)

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GlueX overview: status and some future plans by GlueX Collaboration, Patsyuk, Maria

“…An upgrade of the particle identification (PID) system with a GlueX DIRC detector, planned for 2018, will allow identification of final state kaons. The construction of the GlueX DIRC has already started. …”
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Charged hadron fragmentation functions from collider data by V. Bertone, N. P. Hartland, E. R. Nocera, J. Rojo, L. Rottoli

“…We verify the reliability of our results upon our choice of the kinematic cut in the hadron transverse momentum applied to the hadron-collider data and their consistency with NNFF1.0, our previous determination of the FFs of charged pions, kaons, and protons/antiprotons.…”
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Search for the decay B+ → K+ νν̄ by Aubert, B, Barate, R, Boutigny, D, Couderc, F, Gaillard, J, Hicheur, A, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, J, Tisserand, V, Zghiche, A, Palano, A, Pompili, A, Chen, J, Qi, N, Rong, G, Wang, P, Zhu, Y, Eigen, G, Ofte, I, Stugu, B, Abrams, G, Borgland, A, Breon, AB, Brown, D, Button-Shafer, J

“…Using these two independent samples we obtain a combined limit of ℬ(B+ →K+ νν̄) ≤ 5.2 × 10-5 at the 90% confidence level In addition, by selecting for pions rather than kaons, we obtain a limit of ℬ(B+ → π+ νν̄) < 1.0 × 10-4 using only the hadronic B reconstruction method. © 2005 The American Physical Society.…”

Observation of B → K±π0 and B → K0π0, and evidence for B → π++π- by Cronin-Hennessy, D, Kwon, Y, Lyon, A, Thorndike, E, Jessop, C, Marsiske, H, Perl, M, Savinov, V, Ugolini, D, Zhou, X, Coan, T, Fadeyev, V, Maravin, Y, Narsky, I, Stroynowski, R, Ye, J, Wlodek, T, Artuso, M, Ayad, R, Boulahouache, C, Bukin, K, Dambasuren, E, Karamnov, S, Kopp, S, Majumder, G

“…We have studied charmless hadronic decays of B mesons into two-body final states with kaons and pions and observe three new processes with the following branching fractions: ℬ(B → π+π-) = (4.3-1.4+1.6 ± 0.5) × 10-6, ℬ(B → K0π0) = (14.6-5.1-3.3+5.9+2.4) × 10-6, and ℬ(B → K±π0) = (11.6-2.7-1.3+3.0+1.4) × 10-6. …”

Observation of B --> K(+/-) pi(0) and B --> (K)0 pi(0), and evidence for B --> pi(+)pi(-). by Cronin-Hennessey, D, Kwon, Y, Lyon, A, Thorndike, E, Jessop, C, Mariske, H, Perl, M, Savinov, V, Ugolini, D, Zhou, X, Coan, T, Fadeyez, V, Maravin, Y, Narsky, I, Stroynowski, R, Ye, J, Wlodek, T, Artuso, M, Ayad, R, Boulahouache, C, Bukin, K, Dambasuren, E, Karamnov, S, Kopp, S, Majumder, G

“…We have studied charmless hadronic decays of B mesons into two-body final states with kaons and pions and observe three new processes with the following branching fractions: beta(B-->pi(+)pi(-)) = (4.3(+1. 6)(-1.4)+/-0.5)x10(-6), beta(B-->K(0)pi(0)) = (14.6(+5.9+2.4)(-5.1-3. 3))x10(-6), and beta(B-->K(+)/-pi(0)) = (11.6(+3.0+1.4)(-2.7-1.3))x10(-6). …”

Phase Diagram, Scalar-Pseudoscalar Meson Behavior and Restoration of Symmetries in (2 + 1) Polyakov-Nambu-Jona-Lasinio Model by Pedro Costa, Renan Pereira

“…It is shown that the meson masses, namely that of the kaons, change abruptly near the CEP, which can be relevant for its experimental search.…”
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Phase-space dependence of particle-ratio fluctuations in Pb + Pb collisions from 20A to 158A GeV beam energy by RolandG, unther M., Roland, Christof E, Roland, Gunther M

“…This procedure allows one to measure the moments of the multiplicity distributions of protons (p), kaons (K), pions (π), and electrons (e) in case of incomplete particle identification. …”
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Measurement of the τ-→ηπ-π+π-ντ branching fraction and a search for a second-class current in the τ- →η′(958)π-ντ decay by Aubert, B, Bona, M, Boutigny, D, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, J, Poireau, V, Prudent, X, Tisserand, V, Zghiche, A, Tico, J, Grauges, E, Lopez, L, Palano, A, Pappagallo, M, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Sun, L, Abrams, G, Battaglia, M, Brown, D, Button-Shafer, J, Cahn, R, Groysman, Y, Jacobsen, R, Kadyk, J

“…Note that no particle identification algorithm is applied to the charged tracks to distinguish pions from kaons. In addition, a 90% confidence level upper limit on the branching fraction of the τ-→η′(958)π-ντ decay is measured to be 7.2×10-6. …”