Hadron formation in deep-inelastic positron scattering in a nuclear environment

Airapetian, A. and Akopov, N. and Akopov, Z. and Akushevich, I. and Amarian, M. and Arrington, J. and Aschenauer, E. C. and Avakian, H. and Avakian, R. and Avetissia, A. and Avetissian, E. and Bailey, P. and Bains, B. and Baumgarten, C. and Beckmann, M. and Belostotski, S. and Bernreuther, S. and Bianchi, N. and Boettcher, H. and Borissov, A. and Bouwhuis, M. and Brack, J. and Brauksiepe, S. and Braun, B. and Brueckner, W. and Bruell, A. and Budz, P. and Bulten, H. J. and Capitani, G. P. and Carter, P. and Chumney, P. and Cisbani, E. and Court, G. R. and Dalpiaz, P. F. and De Leo, R. and De Nardo, L. and De Sanctis, E. and De Schepper, D. and Devitsin, E. and Huberts, P. K. A. D. and Di Nezza, P. and Djordjadze, V. and Dueren, M. and Dvoredsky, A. and Elbakian, G. and Ely, J. and Fantoni, A. and Fechtchenko, A. and Felawka, L. and Ferro-Luzzi, M. and Fiedler, K. and Filippone, B. W. and Fischer, H. and Fox, B. and Franz, J. and Frullani, S. and Gaerber, Y. and Garibaldi, F. and Garutti, E. and Gavrilov, G. and Gharibyan, V. and Golendukhin, A. and Graw, G. and Grebeniouk, O. and Green, P. W. and Greeniaus, L. G. and Gute, A. and Haeberli, W. and Hartig, M. and Hasch, D. and Heesbeen, D. and Heinsius, F. H. and Henoch, M. and Hertenberger, R. and Hesselink, W. H. A. and Hofman, G. and Holler, Y. and Holt, R. J. and Hommez, B. and Iarygin, G. and Iodice, M. and Izotov, A. and Jackson, H. E. and Jgoun, A. and Jung, P. and Kaiser, R. and Kanesaka, J. and Kinney, E. and Kisselev, A. and Kitching, P. and Kobayashi, H. and Koch, N. and Koenigsmann, K. and Kolster, H. and Korotkov, V. and Kotik, E. and Kozlov, V. and Krivokhijine, V. G. and Kyle, G. and Lagamba, L. and Laziev, A. and Lenisa, P. and Lindemann, T. and Lorenzon, W. and Makins, N. C. R. and Martin, J. W. and Marukyan, H. and Masoli, F. and McAndrew, M. and McIlhany, K. and McKeown, R. D. and Meissner, F. and Menden, F. and Metz, A. and Meyners, N. and Mikloukho, O. and Miller, C. A. and Milner, R. and Muccifora, V. and Mussa, R. and Nagaitsev, A. and Nappi, E. and Naryshkin, Y. and Nass, A. and Negodaeva, K. and Nowak, W. D. and Oganessyan, K. and O'Neill, T. G. and Openshaw, R. and Ouyang, J. and Owen, B. R. and Pate, S. F. and Potashov, S. and Potterveld, D. H. and Rakness, G. and Rappoport, V. and Redwine, R. and Reggiani, D. and Reolon, A. R. and Ristinen, R. and Rith, K. and Robinson, D. and Rostonivan, A. and Ruh, M. and Ryckbosch, D. and Sakemi, Y. and Sato, T. and Savin, I. and Scarlett, C. and Schaefer, Andreas and Schill, C. and Schmidt, F. and Schnell, G. and Schueler, K. P. and Sebwind, A. and Seibert, J. and Seitz, J. and Shibata, T. A. and Shin, T. and Shutov, V. and Simani, M. C. and Simon, A. and Sinram, K. and Steffens, E. and Steijger, J. J. M. and Stewart, J. and Stoesslein, U. and Suetsugu, K. and Sutter, M. and Taroian, S. and Terkulov, A. and Tessarin, S. and Thomas, E. and Tipton, B. and Tytgat, M. and Urciuoli, G. and van den Brand, J. F. J. and van der Steenhoven, G. and van de Vyver, R. and van Hunen, J. J. and Vetterli, M. C. and Vikhrov, V. and Vincter, M. G. and Visser, J. and Volk, E. and Weiskopf, C. and Wendland, J. and Wilbert, J. and Wise, T. and Yen, S. and Yoneyama, S. and Zohrabian, H. (2001) Hadron formation in deep-inelastic positron scattering in a nuclear environment. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, 20 (3). pp. 479-486. ISSN 1434-6044

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Abstract

The influence of the nuclear medium on the production of charged hadrons in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering has been studied by the HERMES experiment at DESY using a 27.5 GeV positron beam. The differential multiplicity of charged hadrons and identified charged pions from nitrogen relative to that from deuterium has been measured as a function of the virtual photon energy nu and the fraction z of this energy transferred to the hadron. There are observed substantial reductions of the multiplicity ratio R-M(h) at low nu and at high z, both of which are well described by a gluon-bremsstrahlung model of hadronization. A significant difference of the nu -dependence of R-M(h) is found between positive and negative A hadrons. This is interpreted in terms of a difference between the formation times of protons and pions, using a phenomenological model to describe the nu- and z-dependence of R-M(h).

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: COLOR TRANSPARENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC CORRECTIONS; VECTOR-MESONS; LUND MODEL; ELECTROPRODUCTION; TARGETS; QUARKS; MATTER; FRAGMENTATION; ATTENUATION;
Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
Divisions: Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Schäfer > Group Andreas Schäfer
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 31 Jan 2022 14:36
Last Modified: 31 Jan 2022 14:36
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/41454

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