Abstract
We report a study of strange-particle production from 61?0 charged-current Ne interactions in the Fermilab 15-ft bubble chamber. The observed sample consists of 2279 , 1843 Λ (including 94 ), 93 Λ¯, and 4 . We give inclusive production rates for each of these, as well as the rates for specific single-, double-, and triple-vee channels. From these we derive the rates for associated production of ss¯ quark pairs, and for single-s-quark production via charm decay. The dependence of and Λ production on , , , , and are given. Normalized distributions of Feynman x, rapidity, fragmentation variable z, and transverse momentum squared are obtained for and Λ, and compared with those for charged pions. QCD predictions on the behavior of 〈〉 are tested.
- Received 13 March 1986
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.34.1251
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