Eur. Phys. J. C (2008) 54: 123-127
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0502-5

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Transverse Λ⁰ polarization in inclusive quasi-real photoproduction at the current fragmentation

¹ Department of Nuclear Physics, Saint Petersburg State University, 1 Ulianovskaya ul., Peterhof, Saint Petersburg, 198504, Russia
² Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Leningrad District, Gatchina, 188350, Russia

^* e-mail: ialspbu@mail.ru

Received: 10 August 2007
Revised: 19 November 2007
Published online: 9 January 2008

Abstract

It is shown that the recent HERMES data on the transverse Λ⁰ polarization in the inclusive quasi-real photoproduction at x_F>0 can be accommodated by the strange quark scattering model. Relations with the quark recombination approach are discussed.