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The authors have measured the differential cross sections for the production of [pi]{sup {+-}}, K{sup {+-}}, K°, K*(892), [phi](1,020), p and [Lambda] in hadronic Z° decays and in subsets of flavor-tagged Z° → light quark (u{anti u}, d{anti d}, or s{anti s}), Z° → c{anti c} and Z° → b{anti b} events. Charged hadrons were identified with the SLD Cherenkov ring imaging detector. The vertex detector was employed to select flavor enriched samples and the polarized electron beam from SLC was used to tag quark and anti-quark jets. The authors observe a flavor dependence in the hadron fragmentation functions. The authors present evidence for leading particle production in hadronic decays of the Z° boson to light-flavor jets and a direct measurement of the strangeness suppression factor [gamma]{sub s}.
The authors have measured the differential cross sections for the production of[pi][sup[+-]], K[sup[+-]], K[sup 0], K*(892), [phi](1,020), p and[Lambda] in hadronic Z[sup 0] decays and in subsets of flavor-tagged Z[sup 0][yields] light quark (u[anti u], d[anti d], or s[anti s]), Z[sup 0][yields] c[anti c] and Z[sup 0][yields] b[anti b] events. Charged hadrons were identified with the SLD Cherenkov ring imaging detector. The vertex detector was employed to select flavor enriched samples and the polarized electron beam from SLC was used to tag quark and anti-quark jets. The authors observe a flavor dependence in the hadron fragmentation functions. The authors present evidence for leading particle production in hadronic decays of the Z[sup 0] boson to light-flavor jets and a direct measurement of the strangeness suppression factor[gamma][sub s].
We present preliminary evidence for leading particle production in hadronic decays of the Z[sup 0] to light quark pairs using 150,000 events recorded in the SLD experiment at SLAC. The highly polarized electron beam produced by the SLC is used to tag quark and antiquark jets, and a signed impact parameter technique is employed to reject heavy flavor events. Charged hadrons are identified in the SLD Cherenkov Ring Imaging Detector (CRID) and[Lambda]/[bar[Lambda]] are reconstructed using their charged decay modes. In a high purity sample of quark jets, the baryon momentum spectrum is harder that that of the antibaryon, and conversely for a sample of antiquark jets, supporting the hypothesis that the faster particles in jets are more likely to carry the primary quark or antiquark from the Z[sup 0] decay. Similarly, more high momentum K[sup -] that K[sup+] are observed in quark jets and conversely for antiquark jets, consistent with the hypothesis that leading K[sup[+-]] are produced predominantly in s[bar s] events rather than[ital u][bar[ital u]] events.
We present preliminary evidence for leading particle production in hadronic decays of the Z° to light quark pairs using 150,000 events recorded in the SLD experiment at SLAC. The highly polarized electron beam produced by the SLC is used to tag quark and antiquark jets, and a signed impact parameter technique is employed to reject heavy flavor events. Charged hadrons are identified in the SLD Cherenkov Ring Imaging Detector (CRID) and [Lambda]/{bar {Lambda}} are reconstructed using their charged decay modes. In a high purity sample of quark jets, the baryon momentum spectrum is harder that that of the antibaryon, and conversely for a sample of antiquark jets, supporting the hypothesis that the faster particles in jets are more likely to carry the primary quark or antiquark from the Z° decay. Similarly, more high momentum K− that K are observed in quark jets and conversely for antiquark jets, consistent with the hypothesis that leading K{sup {+-}} are produced predominantly in s{bar s} events rather than {ital u}{bar {ital u}} events.
We present a preliminary study of correlations in rapidity between pairs of identified charged pions, kaons and protons using the entire SLD data sample of 550,000 hadronic Z° decays. Short range charge correlations are observed between all combinations of these hadron species, indicating local conservation of quantum numbers and charge ordering in the jet fragmentation process. The rapidity range of this effect is found to be independent of particle momentum. A strong long-range K-K− correlation is observed at high-momentum and weaker long-range [pi]-[pi]−, [pi]+-K− and p-K− and p{bar p} correlations are observed in light flavor events, providing new information on leading particle production in u, d and s jets. The long-range correlations observed in c{bar c} and b{bar b} events are markedly different and consistent with expectations based on known decay properties of the leading heavy hadrons. In addition, the SLC electron beam polarization is used to tag the quark hemisphere in each event, allowing the first study of rapidities signed such that positive rapidity is along the quark rather than antiquark direction. Distributions of ordered differences in signed rapidity between pairs of particles provide a direct probe of quantum number ordering along the quark-antiquark axis and other new insights into the fragmentation process.
The authors present a preliminary study of correlations in rapidity between pairs of identified pions, kaons and protons in hadronic Z[sup 0] decays into light flavors. Short range charge correlations are observed between all combinations of these hadron species, confirming that charge, strangeness and baryon number are conserved locally in the jet fragmentation process. The range of this effect is found to be independent of momentum. A strong long-range correlation is observed for high-momentum charged kaon pairs, and weaker long-range[pi][sup+]-[pi][sup -], [pi][sup+]-K[sup -] and p-K[sup -] correlations are observed. The SLC electron beam polarization is used to tag the quark hemisphere in each event, allowing the first study of rapidities signed such that positive rapidity is along the quark rather than antiquark direction. Distributions of signed rapidities and of ordered differences between signed rapidities provide new insights into leading particle production and several new tests of fragmentation models.
The authors present studies of leading particle production in Z° decays into light, c, and b quarks performed with the SLD experiment at SLAC. The SLD precision vertex detector was exploited to tag light-flavor events, to tag charmed meson vertices and separate the prompt and B-decay components, and to reconstruct B-hadrons partially. The relative production of prompt pseudoscalar and vector D-mesons was measured to be P{sub V} = 0.53 " 0.06(stat.) " 0.02(syst.) (preliminary). The shape of the B-hadron energy spectrum was found to be consistent with the predictions of a number of models, and the average energy fraction was measured to be x{sub E} = 0.697 " 0.012(stat.) " 0.028(syst.) (preliminary). Separation of light quark and antiquark jets was achieved using the highly polarized SLC electron beam, and hadrons were identified using the SLD Cherenkov Ring Imaging Detector. Production of particles and antiparticles in quark jets was compared, allowing the first direct observation of leading particles in ee− --> u{anti u}, d{anti d}, s{anti s} events. More high momentum baryons and K−'s than antibaryons and K's were observed, providing evidence for leading baryon and kaon production, as well as for strangeness suppression at high momentum.
We have updated our results on identified charged hadron production using the full SLD data sample of 550,000 hadronic Z° decays taken between 1993 and 1998. The SLD Cherenkov Ring Imaging Detector allows the identification of clean samples of charged pions, kaons and protons over a wide momentum range, providing precise tests of perturbative QCD calculations and of fragmentation models. We have studied flavor-inclusive Z° decays, as well as decays into light, c and b flavors, selected using the SLD vertex detector. In addition we have updated our comparison of hadron and antihadron production in light quark (rather than antiquark) jets, selected using the high SLC electron beam polarization. Differences between hadron and antihadron production at high momentum fraction provide precise measurements of leading particle production and new, stringent tests of fragmentation models.