P. Abreu et al., MEASUREMENT OF INCLUSIVE K-ASTERISK(0)(892), PHI(1020) AND K-2-ASTERISK(0)(1430) PRODUCTION IN HADRONIC Z-DECAYS, Zeitschrift fur Physik. C, Particles and fields, 73(1), 1996, pp. 61-72
The inclusive production of the neutral vector mesons K-0(892) and ph
i(1020), and of the tensor meson K-2(0)(1430), in hadronic decays of
the Z has been mea sured by the DELPHI detector at LEP. The average pr
oduction rates per hadronic Z decay have been determined to be 0.77 +/
- 0.08 K-2(0)(892), 0.104 +/- 0.008 phi(1020) and 0.079 +/- 0.040 K-2
(0)(1430). The ratio of the tensor-to-vector meson production yields,
[K-2(0)(1430)]/[K-*0(892)] = 0.10 +/- 0.05, is smaller than the [f(2
)(1270)]/[rho(0)(770)] and [f'(2)(1525)]/[phi(1020)] ratios measured b
y DELPHI. The production rates and differential cross sections are com
pared with the predictions of JETSET 7.4 tuned to the DELPHI data and
of HERWIG 5.8. The K-0(892) and phi(1020) data are compatible with mo
del predictions, but a large disagreement is observed for the K-2(0)(
1430).