A MEASUREMENT OF K-ASTERISK(892)+/- PRODUCTION IN HADRONIC Z0 DECAYS

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作者
ACTON, PD
ALEXANDER, G
ALLISON, J
ALLPORT, PP
ANDERSON, KJ
ARCELLI, S
ASTBURY, A
AXEN, D
AZUELOS, G
BAHAN, GA
BAINES, JTM
BALL, AH
BANKS, J
BARLOW, RJ
BARNETT, S
BATLEY, JR
BEAUDOIN, G
BECK, A
BECKER, J
BEHNKE, T
BELL, KW
BELLA, G
BENTKOWSKI, P
BERLICH, P
BETHKE, S
BIEBEL, O
BINDER, U
BLOODWORTH, IJ
BOCK, P
BODEN, B
BOSCH, HM
BOUGEROLLE, S
BREUKER, H
BRIGHTTHOMAS, P
BROWN, RM
BUIJS, A
BURCKHART, HJ
BURGARD, C
CAPILUPPI, P
CARNEGIE, RK
CARTER, AA
CARTER, JR
CHANG, CY
CHARLTON, DG
CLARKE, PEL
COHEN, I
CLAYTON, JC
COLLINS, WJ
CONBOY, JE
COOPER, M
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[1] UNIV BIRMINGHAM,SCH PHYS & SPACE RES,BIRMINGHAM B15 2TT,W MIDLANDS,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV BOLOGNA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[3] INFN,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[4] UNIV BONN,INST PHYS,W-5300 BONN 1,GERMANY
[5] UNIV CALIF RIVERSIDE,DEPT PHYS,RIVERSIDE,CA 92521
[6] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,CAVENDISH LAB,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HE,ENGLAND
[7] CARLETON UNIV,DEPT PHYS,OTTAWA K1S 5B6,ONTARIO,CANADA
[8] CARLETON UNIV,CTR RES PARTICLE PHYS,OTTAWA K1S 5B6,ONTARIO,CANADA
[9] CERN,EUROPEAN ORG PARTICLE PHYS,CH-1211 GENEVA 23,SWITZERLAND
[10] UNIV CHICAGO,ENRICO FERMI INST,CHICAGO,IL 60637
[11] UNIV CHICAGO,DEPT PHYS,CHICAGO,IL 60637
[12] UNIV FREIBURG,FAK PHYS,W-7800 FREIBURG,GERMANY
[13] UNIV HEIDELBERG,INST PHYS,W-6900 HEIDELBERG,GERMANY
[14] INDIANA UNIV,DEPT PHYS,BLOOMINGTON,IN 47405
[15] UNIV LONDON,QUEEN MARY & WESTFIELD COLL,LONDON E1 4NS,ENGLAND
[16] BIRBECK COLL,LONDON WC1E 7HV,ENGLAND
[17] UNIV LONDON UNIV COLL,,LONDON WC1E 6BT,ENGLAND
[18] UNIV MANCHESTER,SCHUSTER LAB,DEPT PHYS,MANCHESTER M13 9PL,LANCS,ENGLAND
[19] UNIV MARYLAND,DEPT PHYS,COLL PK,MD 20742
[20] UNIV MONTREAL,PHYS NUCL LAB,MONTREAL H3C 3J7,QUEBEC,CANADA
[21] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB,DIDCOT OX11 0QX,OXON,ENGLAND
[22] DAPNIA,SPP,F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
[23] TECHNION ISRAEL INST TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,IL-32000 HAIFA,ISRAEL
[24] TEL AVIV UNIV,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,IL-69978 TEL AVIV,ISRAEL
[25] UNIV TOKYO,INT CTR ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYS,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
[26] UNIV TOKYO,DEPT PHYS,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
[27] KOBE UNIV,KOBE 657,JAPAN
[28] WEIZMANN INST SCI,DEPT NUCL PHYS,IL-76100 REHOVOT,ISRAEL
[29] UNIV HAMBURG,DESY,INST EXPTL PHYS 2,W-2000 HAMBURG 52,GERMANY
[30] UNIV VICTORIA,DEPT PHYS,VICTORIA V8W 3P6,BC,CANADA
[31] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA,DEPT PHYS,VANCOUVER V6T 1Z1,BC,CANADA
[32] UNIV OREGON,DEPT PHYS,EUGENE,OR 97403
[33] UNIV ALBERTA,DEPT PHYS,EDMONTON T6G 2J1,ALBERTA,CANADA
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D O I
10.1016/0370-2693(93)91075-X
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Measurements are presented of the inclusive cross section for K* (892)+/- production in hadronic decays of the Z0 using a sample of about half a million events recorded with the OPAL experiment at LEP. Charged K* mesons are reconstructed in the decay channel K(S)0pi+/-. A mean rate of 0.72 +/- 0.02 +/- 0.08 K*+/- mesons per hadronic event is found. Comparison of the results with predictions of the JETSET and HERWIG models shows that JETSET overestimates the K*+/- production cross section while HERWIG is consistent with the data.
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