Spin alignment of leading $K^{*}(892)^{0}$ mesons in hadronic $Z^0$ decays

Autor: K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K.J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, T. Barillari, R.J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, C. Beeston, T. Behnke, A.N. Bell, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, S.D. Bird, V. Blobel, I.J. Bloodworth, J.E. Bloomer, M. Bobinski, P. Bock, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, B.T. Bouwens, S. Braibant, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, C. Burgard, R. Bürgin, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, P.E.L. Clarke, I. Cohen, J.E. Conboy, O.C. Cooke, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, C. Dallapiccola, G.M. Dallavalle, R. Davis, S. De Jong, L.A. del Pozo, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, E. do Couto e Silva, M. Doucet, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, D. Eatough, J.E.G. Edwards, P.G. Estabrooks, H.G. Evans, M. Evans, F. Fabbri, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, H.M. Fischer, I. Fleck, R. Folman, D.G. Fong, M. Foucher, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, J. Gascon, S.M. Gascon-Shotkin, N.I. Geddes, C. Geich-Gimbel, T. Geralis, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, R. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W.R. Gibson, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, M.J. Goodrick, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, C. Hajdu, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, C.K. Hargrove, P.A. Hart, C. Hartmann, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, M. Herndon, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, S.J. Hillier, P.R. Hobson, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, D.E. Hutchroft, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, M.R. Ingram, K. Ishii, A. Jawahery, P.W. Jeffreys, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, A. Joly, C.R. Jones, G. Jones, M. Jones, U. Jost, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, J. Kirk, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D.S. Koetke, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, R. Lahmann, W.P. Lai, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, S.R. Lautenschlager, J.G. Layter, D. Lazic, A.M. Lee, E. Lefebvre, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Ludwig, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markus, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E.A. Mckigney, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, S. Menke, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, J. Meyer, A. Michelini, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, A. Mincer, R. Mir, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, M. Morii, U. Müller, S. Mihara, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, B. Nellen, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, A. Oh, N.J. Oldershaw, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. Pálinkás, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, M.J. Pearce, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, B. Poli, A. Posthaus, D.L. Rees, D. Rigby, S. Robertson, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, A. Rooke, E. Ros, A.M. Rossi, P. Routenburg, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, U. Ruppel, D.R. Rust, R. Rylko, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, P. Schenk, J. Schieck, P. Schleper, B. Schmitt, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, H.C. Schultz-Coulon, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Sittler, A. Skillman, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, R.W. Springer, M. Sproston, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, B. Stockhausen, K. Stoll, D. Strom, P. Szymanski, R. Tafirout, S.D. Talbot, S. Tanaka, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, M.A. Thomson, E. von Törne, S. Towers, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, A.S. Turcot, M.F. Turner-Watson, P. Utzat, R. Van Kooten, M. Verzocchi, P. Vikas, E.H. Vokurka, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, N. Wermes, J.S. White, B. Wilkens, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, G. Wolf, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, G. Yekutieli, V. Zacek, D. Zer-Zion
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1997
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Popis: Helicity density matrix elements for inclusive K*(892)^0 mesons from hadronic Z^0 decays have been measured over the full range of K^*0 momentum using data taken with the OPAL experiment at LEP. A preference for occupation of the helicity zero state is observed at all scaled momentum x_p values above 0.3, with the matrix element rho_00 rising to 0.66 +/- 0.11 for x_p > 0.7. The values of the real part of the off-diagonal element rho_1-1 are negative at large x_p, with a weighted average value of -0.09 +/- 0.03 for x_p > 0.3, in agreement with new theoretical predictions based on Standard Model parameters and coherent fragmentation of the qq(bar) system from the Z^0 decay. All other helicity density matrix elements measured are consistent with zero over the entire x_p range. The K^*0 fragmentation function has also been measured and the total rate determined to be 0.74 +/- 0.02 +/- 0.02 K*(892)^0 mesons per hadronic Z^0 decay.
19 pages, LaTeX, uses a4p.sty, pennames.sty, 4 eps figures included, submitted to Phys. Lett. B
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