Published 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Transverse momentum dependent production cross sections of charged pions, kaons and protons produced in inclusive e+e- annihilation at s=10.58GeV

Description

We report measurements of the production cross sections of charged pions, kaons, and protons as a function of fractional energy, the event-shape variable called thrust, and the transverse momentum with respect to the thrust axis. These measurements access the transverse momenta created in the fragmentation process, which are of critical importance to the understanding of any transverse momentum dependent distribution and fragmentation functions. The low transverse momentum part of the cross sections can be well described by Gaussians in transverse momentum as is generally assumed but the fractional-energy dependence is non-trivial and different hadron types have varying Gaussian widths. The width of these Gaussians decreases with thrust and shows an initially rising, then decreasing fractional-energy dependence. The widths for pions and kaons are comparable within uncertainties, while those for protons are significantly narrower. These single-hadron cross sections and Gaussian widths are obtained from a 558 fb–1 data sample collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e collider.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review D
Journal Volume
99
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
2470-0010