Eur. Phys. J. C (1999) 6: 413-419
https://doi.org/10.1007/s100529801026

Comparison of strange baryon production at LEP with various models

¹ Université de Montréal, CP. 6128 Succursale Centre Ville, H3C 3J7, Montréal, PQ, Canada
² OPAL Collaboration, CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland

Received: 8 April 1998
Revised: 27 August 1998
Published online: 17 September 2013

Abstract

The strange baryon production rates measured at LEP are compared to several models: isospin, LPHD, QCM, Jetset, Herwig and MOPS. In particular, the parameters of the new MOPS model are adjusted in an attempt to reproduce the spin and strangeness dependence of the observed rates.