Abstract
The production of strange particles has been studied in a 280 GeV muon nucleon scattering experiment with acceptance and particle identification over a large kinematical range. The data show that at large values of xBj the interactions take place mostly on a u valence quark in agreement with the basic quarkparton model predictions. This feature results in a strong forward-backward asymmetry in the distribution of strangeness along the rapidity axis. The data are compatible with a strange to non-strange quark suppression factor of ≈0.3 and with a strong suppression of strange diquarks. The distributions of K+K- pairs show that the two kaons are preferentially produced at neighbouring values of rapidity.
| Lingua originale | Inglese |
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| pagine (da-a) | 283-291 |
| Numero di pagine | 9 |
| Rivista | European Physical Journal C |
| Volume | 34 |
| Numero di pubblicazione | 3 |
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| Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - set 1987 |
| Pubblicato esternamente | Sì |