Inclusive production of charged kaons in p+p collisions at 158 GeV/c beam momentum and a new evaluation of the energy dependence of kaon production up to collider energies

Anticic, T.; Gladysz, E.; Melkumov, G.; Eckardt, V.; Baatar, B.; Szymanski, P.; Fodor, Z.; Trubnikov, V.; Schmitz, N.; Kreps, M.; Kowalski, M.; Bartke, J.; Malakhov, A.; Wenig, S.; Kadija, K.; Susa, T.; Dolejsi, J.; Karev, A.; Boimska, B.; Chvala, O.; Cerny, V.; Makariev, M.; Kolesnikov, V.; Varga, D.; Bialkowska, H.; Seyboth, P.; Betev, L.; Rybicki, A.; Fischer, H.G.; Vesztergombi, G.; Bracinik, J.; Mateev, M.

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1328-0

Article
Report number	arXiv:1004.1889 ; CERN-PH-EP-2009-029 ; CERN-PH-EP-2009-029
Title	Inclusive production of charged kaons in p+p collisions at 158 GeV/c beam momentum and a new evaluation of the energy dependence of kaon production up to collider energies
Author(s)	Anticic, T. (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Baatar, B. (Dubna, JINR) ; Bartke, J. (Cracow, INP) ; Betev, L. (CERN) ; Bialkowska, H. (Warsaw, Inst. Nucl. Studies) ; Boimska, B. (Warsaw, Inst. Nucl. Studies) ; Bracinik, J. (Comenius U.) ; Cerny, V. (Comenius U.) ; Chvala, O. (Charles U.) ; Dolejsi, J. (Charles U.) ; Eckardt, V. (Munich, Max Planck Inst.) ; Fischer, H.G. (CERN) ; Fodor, Z. (Budapest, RMKI) ; Gladysz, E. (Cracow, INP) ; Kadija, K. (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Karev, A. (CERN) ; Kolesnikov, V. (Dubna, JINR) ; Kowalski, M. (Cracow, INP) ; Kreps, M. (Comenius U.) ; Makariev, M. (Sofiya, Inst. Nucl. Res.) ; Malakhov, A. (Dubna, JINR) ; Mateev, M. (Sofiya U.) ; Melkumov, G. (Dubna, JINR) ; Rybicki, A. (Cracow, INP) ; Schmitz, N. (Munich, Max Planck Inst.) ; Seyboth, P. (Munich, Max Planck Inst.) ; Susa, T. (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Szymanski, P. (Warsaw, Inst. Nucl. Studies) ; Trubnikov, V. (Warsaw, Inst. Nucl. Studies) ; Varga, D. (Eotvos U.) ; Vesztergombi, G. (Budapest, RMKI) ; Wenig, S. (CERN)
Publication	2010
Imprint	13 Apr 2010
Number of pages	106
Note	Comments: 106 pages, 136 figures 106 pages, 136 figures
In:	Eur. Phys. J. C 68 (2010) 1-73
DOI	10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1328-0
Subject category	Particle Physics - Experiment
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN SPS ; NA49
Abstract	New data on the production of charged kaons in p^(+)p interactions are presented. The data come from a sample of 4.8 million inelastic events obtained with the NA49 detector at the CERN SPS at 158 GeV/c beam momentum. The kaons are identified by energy loss in a large TPC tracking system. Inclusive invariant cross sections are obtained in intervals from 0 to 1.7 GeV/c in transverse momentum and from 0 to 0.5 in Feynman x. Using these data as a reference, a new evaluation of the energy dependence of kaon production, including neutral kaons, is conducted over a range from 3 GeV to p^(+)p^- collider energies.
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$Phase space coverage of the existing K$^+$ data: a) Cosmotron/PPA \cite{hogan,reed}, b) PS/AGS \cite{allaby1,allaby2,akerlof,dekkers}, c) Serpukhov \cite{abramov}, d) SPS/Fermilab \cite{cronin,brenner,johnson}, e) ISR \cite{albrow2,albrow3,albrow4,albrow5,capi,alper,guettler}, f) RHIC \cite{star1,star2,star3,phenix1,phenix2,brahms1,brahms2,brahms3},g) NA49$ $Phase space coverage of the existing K$^-$ data: a) Cosmotron/PPA, b) PS/AGS \cite{allaby1,allaby2,akerlof,dekkers}, c) Serpukhov \cite{abramov}, d) SPS/Fermilab \cite{cronin,brenner,johnson}, e) ISR \cite{albrow1,albrow2,albrow3,capi,alper,guettler}, f) RHIC \cite{star1,star2,star3,phenix1,phenix2,brahms1,brahms2,brahms3},g) NA49$