K− over K+ multiplicity ratio for kaons produced in DIS with a large fraction of the virtual-photon energy

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Akhunzyanov, R. - Alexeev, M. G. - Alexeev, G. D. - Srnka, Aleš … celkem 219 autorů
K− over K+ multiplicity ratio for kaons produced in DIS with a large fraction of the virtual-photon energy.
Physics Letters. B. Roč. 786, č. 10 (2018), s. 390-398. ISSN 0370-2693. E-ISSN 1873-2445
Grant CEP: GA MŠMT(CZ) LO1212
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68081731
Klíčová slova: quark fragmentation * pQCD * kaon leptoproduction
Obor OECD: Nuclear physics
Impakt faktor: 4.162, rok: 2018

The K− over K+ multiplicity ratio is measured in deep-inelastic scattering, for the first time for kaons carrying a large fraction z of the virtual-photon energy. The data were obtained by the COMPASS collaboration using a 160 GeV muon beam and an isoscalar 6LiD target. The regime of deep-inelastic scattering is ensured by requiring Q2>1(GeV/c)2 for the photon virtuality and W>5GeV/c2 for the invariant mass of the produced hadronic system. Kaons are identified in the momentum range from 12 GeV/c to 40 GeV/c, thereby restricting the range in Bjorken-x to 0.01<x<0.40. The z-dependence of the multiplicity ratio is studied for z>0.75. For very large values of z, i.e. z>0.8, we observe the kaon multiplicity ratio to fall below the lower limits expected from calculations based on leading and next-to-leading order perturbative quantum chromodynamics. Also, the kaon multiplicity ratio shows a strong dependence on the missing mass of the single-kaon production process. This suggests that within the perturbative quantum chromodynamics formalism an additional correction may be required, which takes into account the phase space available for hadronisation.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0290124