The production of KS0 mesons in inelastic p+p collisions at beam momentum 158 GeV/c (sNN=17.3 GeV) was measured with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. Double-differential distributions were obtained in transverse momentum and rapidity. The mean multiplicity of KS0 was determined to be 0.162 ± 0.001 (stat.) ± 0.011 (sys.). The results on KS0 production are compared with model predictions (EPOS 1.99, SMASH 2.0, PHSD and UrQMD 3.4 models) as well as with published world data.

Original languageEnglish
Article number96
Number of pages13
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume82
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2022

    Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

    Research areas

  • STRANGE-PARTICLE-PRODUCTION, PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS, K-+/, (P)OVER-BAR SPECTRA, COLLISIONS, SPECTROMETER, PI(+/-), LAMBDA, MULTIPLICITIES, DISTRIBUTIONS

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