Neutral Kaon Production in K+ p Interactions at 32-GeV/c

The French-Soviet & CERN-Soviet collaborations Gerdyukov, L.N. ; Gorbunov, P.A. ; Klimenko, S.V. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 133 (1978) 93, 1978.
Inspire Record 122185 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.35163

The production of neutral kaons in the reaction K + p → K n + X is studied at the incident momentum of 32 GeV/ c . Inclusive cross sections and single-particle distributions are presented and compared with the data at lower energies. The total inclusive cross section amounts to 7.9 ± 0.3 mb at 32 GeV/ c and is significantly higher than at lower energies due to the rapid rise of multikaon production. The fraction of K n 's coming from the decay of the K ∗ resonances stays roughly constant with energy between 8.2 and 32 GeV/ c . In the central and beam fragmentation regions the single-particle distributions reveal no energy dependence between the 16 and 32 GeV/ c data in contrast with the behaviour at lower energies, while in the proton fragmentation region the data are compatible with the trend observed at lower energies and with theoretical expectations.

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