meson production in inelastic p+p interactions at 158  beam momentum measured by NA61/SHINEat the CERN SPS

A. Aduszkiewicz; E. V. Andronov; T. Antićić; V. Babkin; M. Baszczyk; S. Bhosale; A. Blondel; M. Bogomilov; A. Brandin; A. Bravar; W. Bryliński; J. Brzychczyk; M. Buryakov; O. Busygina; A. Bzdak; H. Cherif; M. Ćirković; M. Csanad; J. Cybowska; T. Czopowicz; A. Damyanova; N. Davis; M. Deliyergiyev; M. Deveaux; A. Dmitriev; W. Dominik; P. Dorosz; J. Dumarchez; R. Engel; G. A. Feofilov; L. Fields; Z. Fodor; A. Garibov; M. Gaździcki; O. Golosov; V. Golovatyuk; M. Golubeva; K. Grebieszkow; F. Guber; A. Haesler; S. N. Igolkin; S. Ilieva; A. Ivashkin; S. R. Johnson; K. Kadija; E. Kaptur; N. Kargin; E. Kashirin; M. Kiełbowicz; V. A. Kireyeu; V. Klochkov; V. I. Kolesnikov; D. Kolev; A. Korzenev; V. N. Kovalenko; S. Kowalski; M. Koziel; A. Krasnoperov; W. Kucewicz; M. Kuich; A. Kurepin; D. Larsen; A. László; T. V. Lazareva; M. Lewicki; K. Łojek; B. Łysakowski; V. V. Lyubushkin; M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska; Z. Majka; B. Maksiak; A. I. Malakhov; D. Manić; A. Marcinek; A. D. Marino; K. Marton; H.-J. Mathes; T. Matulewicz; V. Matveev; G. L. Melkumov; A. O. Merzlaya; B. Messerly; Ł. Mik; S. Morozov; S. Mrówczyński; Y. Nagai; M. Naskręt; V. Ozvenchuk; V. Paolone; O. Petukhov; R. Płaneta; P. Podlaski; B. A. Popov; B. Porfy; M. Posiadała-Zezula; D. S. Prokhorova; D. Pszczel; S. Puławski; J. Puzović; M. Ravonel; R. Renfordt; E. Richter-Wąs; D. Röhrich; E. Rondio; M. Roth; B. T. Rumberger; M. Rumyantsev; A. Rustamov; M. Rybczynski; A. Rybicki; A. Sadovsky; K. Schmidt; I. Selyuzhenkov; A. Yu. Seryakov; P. Seyboth; M. Słodkowski; P. Staszel; G. Stefanek; J. Stepaniak; M. Strikhanov; H. Ströbele; T. Šuša; A. Taranenko; A. Tefelska; D. Tefelski; V. Tereshchenko; A. Toia; R. Tsenov; L. Turko; R. Ulrich; M. Unger; F. F. Valiev; D. Veberič; V. V. Vechernin; A. Wickremasinghe; Z. Włodarczyk; O. Wyszyński; E. D. Zimmerman; R. Zwaska

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-7955-1

2023 Impact factor 4.2

Particles and Fields

Open Access

Eur. Phys. J. C (2020) 80: 460
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-7955-1

Regular Article - Experimental Physics

$K^{*}(892)^0$ meson production in inelastic p+p interactions at 158 $\text{ Ge }\text{ V }\!/\!c$ beam momentum measured by NA61/SHINEat the CERN SPS

NA61/SHINE Collaboration
A. Aduszkiewicz¹⁵, E. V. Andronov²¹, T. Antićić³, V. Babkin¹⁹, M. Baszczyk¹³, S. Bhosale¹⁰, A. Blondel²³, M. Bogomilov², A. Brandin²⁰, A. Bravar²³, W. Bryliński¹⁷, J. Brzychczyk¹², M. Buryakov¹⁹, O. Busygina¹⁸, A. Bzdak¹³, H. Cherif⁶, M. Ćirković²², M. Csanad⁷, J. Cybowska¹⁷, T. Czopowicz⁹^,17, A. Damyanova²³, N. Davis¹⁰, M. Deliyergiyev⁹, M. Deveaux⁶, A. Dmitriev¹⁹, W. Dominik¹⁵, P. Dorosz¹³, J. Dumarchez⁴, R. Engel⁵, G. A. Feofilov²¹, L. Fields²⁴, Z. Fodor⁷^,16, A. Garibov¹, M. Gaździcki⁶^,9, O. Golosov²⁰, V. Golovatyuk¹⁹, M. Golubeva¹⁸, K. Grebieszkow¹⁷^*, F. Guber¹⁸, A. Haesler²³, S. N. Igolkin²¹, S. Ilieva², A. Ivashkin¹⁸, S. R. Johnson²⁵, K. Kadija³, E. Kaptur¹⁴, N. Kargin²⁰, E. Kashirin²⁰, M. Kiełbowicz¹⁰, V. A. Kireyeu¹⁹, V. Klochkov⁶, V. I. Kolesnikov¹⁹, D. Kolev², A. Korzenev²³, V. N. Kovalenko²¹, S. Kowalski¹⁴, M. Koziel⁶, A. Krasnoperov¹⁹, W. Kucewicz¹³, M. Kuich¹⁵, A. Kurepin¹⁸, D. Larsen¹², A. László⁷, T. V. Lazareva²¹, M. Lewicki¹⁶, K. Łojek¹², B. Łysakowski¹⁴, V. V. Lyubushkin¹⁹, M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska¹⁷, Z. Majka¹², B. Maksiak¹¹, A. I. Malakhov¹⁹, D. Manić²², A. Marcinek¹⁰, A. D. Marino²⁵, K. Marton⁷, H.-J. Mathes⁵, T. Matulewicz¹⁵, V. Matveev¹⁹, G. L. Melkumov¹⁹, A. O. Merzlaya¹², B. Messerly²⁶, Ł. Mik¹³, S. Morozov¹⁸^,20, S. Mrówczyński⁹, Y. Nagai²⁵, M. Naskręt¹⁶, V. Ozvenchuk¹⁰, V. Paolone²⁶, O. Petukhov¹⁸, R. Płaneta¹², P. Podlaski¹⁵, B. A. Popov⁴^,19, B. Porfy⁷, M. Posiadała-Zezula¹⁵, D. S. Prokhorova²¹, D. Pszczel¹¹, S. Puławski¹⁴, J. Puzović²², M. Ravonel²³, R. Renfordt⁶, E. Richter-Wąs¹², D. Röhrich⁸, E. Rondio¹¹, M. Roth⁵, B. T. Rumberger²⁵, M. Rumyantsev¹⁹, A. Rustamov¹^,6, M. Rybczynski⁹, A. Rybicki¹⁰, A. Sadovsky¹⁸, K. Schmidt¹⁴, I. Selyuzhenkov²⁰, A. Yu. Seryakov²¹, P. Seyboth⁹, M. Słodkowski¹⁷, P. Staszel¹², G. Stefanek⁹, J. Stepaniak¹¹, M. Strikhanov²⁰, H. Ströbele⁶, T. Šuša³, A. Taranenko²⁰, A. Tefelska¹⁷, D. Tefelski¹⁷, V. Tereshchenko¹⁹, A. Toia⁶, R. Tsenov², L. Turko¹⁶, R. Ulrich⁵, M. Unger⁵, F. F. Valiev²¹, D. Veberič⁵, V. V. Vechernin²¹, A. Wickremasinghe²⁴^,26, Z. Włodarczyk⁹, O. Wyszyński¹², E. D. Zimmerman²⁵ and R. Zwaska²⁴

¹ National Nuclear Research Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
² Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
³ Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
⁴ LPNHE, University of Paris VI and VII, Paris, France
⁵ Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
⁶ University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
⁷ Wigner Research Centre for Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
⁸ University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
⁹ Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Kielce, Poland
¹⁰ Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
¹¹ National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
¹² Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
¹³ AGH-University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
¹⁴ University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
¹⁵ University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
¹⁶ University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
¹⁷ Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
¹⁸ Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow, Russia
¹⁹ Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
²⁰ National Research Nuclear University (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, Russia
²¹ St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
²² University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
²³ University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
²⁴ Fermilab, Batavia, USA
²⁵ University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
²⁶ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

^* e-mail: kperl@cern.ch

Received: 20 January 2020
Accepted: 20 April 2020
Published online: 22 May 2020

Abstract

The measurement of $K^{*}(892)^0$ resonance production via its $K^{+}\pi ^{-}$ decay mode in inelastic p+p collisions at beam momentum 158 $\text{ Ge }\text{ V }\!/\!c$ ( $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=17.3$ $\text{ Ge }\text{ V }$ ) is presented. The data were recorded by the NA61/SHINE hadron spectrometer at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. The template method was used to extract the $K^{*}(892)^0$ signal and double-differential transverse momentum and rapidity spectra were obtained. The full phase-space mean multiplicity of $K^{*}(892)^0$ mesons was found to be $(78.44 \pm 0.38 \mathrm {(stat)} \pm 6.0 \mathrm {(sys)) \cdot 10^{-3}}$ . The NA61/SHINEresults are compared with the Epos1.99 and Hadron Resonance Gas models as well as with world data from p+p and nucleus–nucleus collisions.