Strangeness suppression and inclusive ¶ and K*0 production in K+p interactions at 250 GeV/c

M. Adamus*, N. M. Agababyan, I. V. Ajinenko, M. R. Atayan, Yu A. Belokopytov, H. Böttcher, P. V. Chliapnikov, F. Crijns, A. De Roeck, E. A. De Wolf, K. Dziunikowska, A. M F Endler, V. G. Gavrjusev, H. Grässler, P. Van Hal, T. Haupt, W. Kittel, D. Kisielewska, A. I. Kurnosenko, F. MeijersA. B. Michalowska, V. I. Nikolaenko, L. C S Oliveira, K. Olkiewicz, R. Pöllänen, H. E. Roloff, V. M. Ronjin, A. M. Rybin, H. M T Saarikko, Y. M T Saarikko, W. Schmitz, L. Scholten, O. G. Tchikilev, L. A. Tikhonova, A. G. Tomaradze, B. A. Utochkin, V. A. Uvarov, F. Verbeure, R. Wischnewski, A. Wróblewski, S. A. Zotkin

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Abstract

We present inclusive ¶ and K*0(892) cross sections and Feynman x-spectra in K+ p collisions at 250 GeV/c. In the K+ fragmentation region, x > 0.2, the ratio of ¶ to K*0(892) is used to estimate the strangeness suppression factor λ, with the result γ=0.17 ± 0.02 (stat ± 0.01 (syst). We see no evidence for an energy dependence of λ in the CM energy range 7.8 ≤ s≤21.7 GeV.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)427-432
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume198
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 26 1987

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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