Inter-University Institute for High Energies (ULB-VUB) B1050, Brussels, Belgium;CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland;Sezione INFN and Istituto di Scienze Fisiche, Genova, Italy
Abstract:
The inclusive production of neutral kaons in 70 GeV/c K+p interactions is studied with the CERN BEBC bubble chamber. The (semi-)inclusive cross sections are interpreted in terms of the various strangeness channels leading to neutral kaon production. The invariant inclusive cross section for kaon production is studied as a function of pt2 and the Feynman variable x. The latter distributions are considered both “raw” and corrected for the presence of K0's resulting from K1 decay. They are compared with the predictions expected from the Regge-Mueller formalism, the recombination model and fragmentation models.