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

Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	390-398
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	786
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.09.052
Publication status	Published - 10 Nov 2018

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The COMPASS Collaboration, & Mamon, S. A. (2018). K⁻ over K⁺ multiplicity ratio for kaons produced in DIS with a large fraction of the virtual-photon energy. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 786, 390-398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.09.052

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AU - Bicker, K.

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N2 - 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 0.010.75. 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.

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