Speaker
Dr
fabienne kunne
(CEA saclay)
Description
For the first time, the K-/K+ multiplicity ratio was measured in deep-inelastic scattering for kaons carrying a large fraction z of the virtual-photon energy. The data were obtained using a 160 GeV muon beam and an isoscalar 6LiD target. They cover the range 0.01 < x < 0.4, z> 0.75, Q2 > 1 (GeV/c)2, and W > 5 GeV/c2. For values of z larger than 0.8, the results contradict expectations obtained using the formalism of (next-to-) leading order perturbative quantum chromodynamics. In particular, the K-/K+ data shows a strong dependence upon the missing mass Mx, not expected from the calculations. The results suggest that additional corrections to the formalism may be required to take into account the phase space available for hadronization.
Primary author
Dr
fabienne kunne
(CEA saclay)
