THE PRODUCTION OF NEUTRAL KAONS IN Z(0) DECAYS AND THEIR BOSE-EINSTEIN CORRELATIONS

Authors
AKERS R ALEXANDER G ALLISON J AMETEWEE K ANDERSON KJ ARCELLI S ASAI S AXEN D AZUELOS G BALL AH BARBERIO E BARLOW RJ BARTOLDUS R BATLEY JR BEAUDOIN G BECK A BECK GA BEESTON C BEHNKE T BELL KW BELLA G BENTVELSEN S BERLICH P BETHKE S BIEBEL O BLOODWORTH IJ BOCK P BOSCH HM BOUTEMEUR M BRAIBANT S BRIGHTTHOMAS P BROWN RM BUIJS A BURCKHART HJ BURGIN R BURGARD C CAPDEVIELLE N CAPILUPPI P CARNEGIE RK CARTER AA CARTER JR CHANG CY CHARLESWORTH C CHARLTON DG CHU SL CLARKE PEL CLAYTON JC CLOWES SG COHEN I CONBOY JE COOKE OC CUFFIANI M DADO S DALLAPICCOLA C DALLAVALLE GM DARLING C DEJONG S DELPOZO LA DENG H DITTMAR M DIXIT MS SILVA EDE DUBOSCQ JE DUCHOVNI E DUCKECK G DUERDOTH IP DUNWOODY UC EDWARDS JEG ELCOMBE PA ESTABROOKS PG ETZION E EVANS HG FABBRI F FABBRO B FANTI M FATH P FIERRO M FINCKEKEELER M FISCHER HM FISCHER P FOLMAN R FONG DG FOUCHER M FUKUI H FURTJES A GAGNON P GAIDOT A GARY JW GASCON J GEDDES NI GEICHGIMBEL C GENSLER SW GENTIT FX GERALIS T GIACOMELLI G GIACOMELLI P GIACOMELLI R GIBSON V GIBSON WR GILLIES JD GOLDBERG J GINGRICH DM GOODRICK MJ GORN W GRANDI C GROSS E HAGEMANN J HANSON GG HANSROUL M HARGROVE CK HART PA HAUSCHILD M HAWKES CM HEFLIN E HEMINGWAY RJ HERTEN G HEUER RD HILL JC HILLIER SJ HILSE T HOBSON PR HOCHMAN D HOMER RJ HONMA AK HOWARD R HUGHESJONES RE IGOKEMENES P IMRIE DC JAWAHERY A JEFFREYS PW JEREMIE H JIMACK M JONES M JONES RWL JOVANOVIC P JUI C KARLEN D KANZAKI J KAWAGOE K KAWAMOTO T KEELER RK KELLOGG RG KENNEDY BW KING B KING J KIRK J KLUTH S KOBAYASHI T KOBEL M KOETKE DS KOKOTT TP KOMAMIYA S KOWALEWSKI R KRESS T KRIEGER P VONKROGH J KYBERD P LAFFERTY GD LAFOUX H LAHMANN R LAI WP LAUBER J LAYTER JG LEBLANC P LEE AM LEFEBVRE E LELLOUCH D LEROY C LETTS J LEVINSON L LLOYD SL LOEBINGER FK LONG GD LORAZO B LOSTY MJ LOU XC LUDWIG J LUIG A MANNELLI I MARCELLINI S MARKUS C MARTIN AJ MARTIN JP MASHIMO T MATTHEWS W MATTIG P MAUR U MCKENNA J MCMAHON TJ MCNAB AI MEIJERS F MERRIT FS MES H MICHELINI A MIDDLETON RP MIKENBERG G MILLER DJ MIR R MOHR W MONTANARI A MORI T MORII M MULLER U NELLEN B NIJJHAR B ONEALE SW OAKHAM FG ODORICI F OGREN HO OLDERSHAW NJ ORAM CJ OREGLIA MJ ORITO S PALMONARI F PANSART JP PATRICK GN PEARCE MJ PHILLIPS PD PILCHER JE PINFOLD J PLANE DE POFFENBERGER P POLI B POSTHAUS A PRITCHARD TW PRZYSIEZNIAK H REDMOND MW REES DL RIGBY D RISON MG ROBINS SA ROBINSON D RODNING N RONEY JM ROS E ROSSI AM ROSVICK M ROUTENBURG P ROZEN Y RUNGE K RUNOLFSSON O RUST DR SASAKI M SBARRA C SCHAILE AD SCHAILE O SCHARF F SCHARFFHANSEN P SCHENK P SCHMITT B SCHRODER M SCHULTZCOULON HC SCHUTZ P SCHULZ M SCHWICK C SCHWIENING J SCOTT WG SETTLES M SHEARS TG SHEN BC SHEPHERDTHEMISTOCLEOUS CH SHERWOOD P SIROLI GP SKILLMAN A SKUJA A SMITH AM SMITH TJ SNOW GA SOBIE R SOLDNERREMBOLD S SPRINGER RW SPROSTON M STAHL A STARKS M STEGMANN C STEPHENS K STEUERER J STOCKHAUSEN B STROM D SZYMANSKI P TAFIROUT R TAKEDA H TAKESHITA T TARAS P TAREM S TECCHIO M TEIXEIRADIAS P TESCH N THOMSON MA TOUSIGNANT O TOWERS S TSCHEULIN M TSUKAMOTO T TURCOT AS TURNERWATSON MF UTZAT P VANKOOTEN R VASSEUR G VIKAS P VINCTER M WAGNER A WAGNER DL WARD CP WARD DR WARD JJ WATKINS PM WATSON AT WATSON NK WEBER P WELLS PS WERMES N WILKENS B WILSON GW WILSON JA WINTERER VH WLODEK T WOLF G WOTTON S WYATT TR YEAMAN A YEKUTIELI G YURKO M ZACEK V ZEUNER W ZORN GT
Citation
R. Akers et al., THE PRODUCTION OF NEUTRAL KAONS IN Z(0) DECAYS AND THEIR BOSE-EINSTEIN CORRELATIONS, Zeitschrift fur Physik. C, Particles and fields, 67(3), 1995, pp. 389-401
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Physik. C, Particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
01709739
Volume
67
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
389 - 401
Database
ISI
SICI code
0170-9739(1995)67:3<389:TPONKI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The production of neutral kaons in e(+)e(-) annihilation at centre-of- mass energies in the region of the Z(0) mass and their Bose-Einstein c orrelations are investigated with the OPAL detector at LEP. A total of about 1.26 x 10(6) Z(0) hadronic decay events are used in the analysi s. The production rate of K-0 mesons is found to be 1.99 +/- 0.01 +/- 0.04 per hadronic event, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. Both the rate and the differential cross section fo r K-0 production are compared to the predictions of Monte Carlo genera tors. This comparison indicates that the fragmentation is too soft in both JETSET and HERWIG. Bose-Einstein correlations in (KSKS0)-K-0 pair s are measured through the quantity Q, the four momentum difference of the pair. A threshold enhancement is observed in (KSKS0)-K-0 pairs or iginating from a mixed sample of K-0 ($) over bar K-0 and (KK0)-K-0 (( $) over bar K-0 ($) over bar K-0) pairs. For the strength of the effec t and for the radius of the emitting source we find values of lambda = 1.14 +/- 0.23 +/- 0.32 and R(0) = (0.76 +/- 0.10 +/- 0.11) fm respect ively. The first error is statistical and the second systematic.