Multiplicities of charged pions and kaons from semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering by the proton and the deuteron

Airapetian, A.; Akopov, N.; Akopov, Z.; Aschenauer, E. C.; Augustyniak, W.; Avakian, R.; Avetissian, A.; Avetisyan, E.; Belostotski, S.; Blok, H. P.; Borissov, A.; Bowles, J.; Brodski, I.; Bryzgalov, V.; Burns, J.; Capiluppi, Marco; Capitani, G. P.; Cisbani, E.; Ciullo, Giuseppe; Contalbrigo, Marco; Ferretti, Paola; Deconinck, W.; Leo, R. D.; Nardo, L. D.; Sanctis, E. D.; Diefenthaler, M.; Nezza, P. D.; Dueren, M.; Ehrenfried, M.; Elbakian, G.; Ellinghaus, F.; Fabbri, R.; Fantoni, A.; Felawka, L.; Frullani, S.; Gabbert, D.; Gapienko, G.; Gapienko, V.; Garibaldi, F.; Gavrilov, G.; Gharibyan, V.; Giordano, Francesca; Gliske, S.; Golembiovskaya, M.; Hadjidakis, C.; Hartig, M.; Hasch, D.; Hillenbrand, A.; Hoek, M.; Holler, Y.; Hristova, I.; Imazu, Y.; Ivanilov, A.; Izotov, A.; Jackson, H. E.; H. S., Jo; Joosten, S.; Kaiser, R.; Karyan, G.; Keri, T.; Kinney, E.; Kisselev, A.; Kobayashi, N.; Korotkov, V.; Kozlov, V.; Kravchenko, P.; Krivokhijine, V. G.; Lagamba, L.; Lapikas, L.; Lehmann, I.; Lenisa, Paolo; Ruiz, A. L.; Lorenzon, W.; B. Q., Ma; Mahon, D.; Maiheu, B.; N. C. R.,; Manaenkov, S. I.; Manfre, L.; Mao, Y.; Marianski, B.; A. M., De; Marukyan, H.; Miller, C. A.; Miyachi, Y.; Movsisyan, A.; Murray, M.; Mussgiller, A.; Nappi, E.; Naryshkin, Y.; Nass, A.; Negodaev, M.; Nowak, W. D.; Pappalardo, Luciano Libero; Perez Benito, R.; Petrosyan, A.; Raithel, M.; Reimer, P. E.; Reolon, A. R.; Riedl, C.; Rith, K.; Rosner, G.; Rostomyan, A.; Rubin, J.; Ryckbosch, D.; Salomatin, Y.; Sanftl, F.; Schaefer, A.; Schnell, G.; Seitz, B.; Shibata, T. A.; Shutov, V.; Stancari, Michelle Dawn; Statera, Marco; Steffens, E.; Steijger, J. J. M.; Stewart, J.; Stinzing, F.; Taroian, S.; Terkulov, A.; Truty, R.; Trzcinski, A.; Tytgat, M.; Haarlem, Y. V.; Hulse, C. V.; Veretennikov, D.; Vilardi, I.; Vogel, C.; Wang, S.; Yaschenko, S.; Ye, Z.; Yen, S.; Yu, W.; Zagrebelnyy, V.; Zeiler, D.; Zihlmann, B.; Zupranski, P.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.87.074029

Multiplicities in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering are presented for each charge state of pi(+/-) and K-+/- mesons. The data were collected by the HERMES experiment at the HERA storage ring using 27.6 GeV electron and positron beams incident on a hydrogen or deuterium gas target. The results are presented as a function of the kinematic quantities x(B), Q(2), z, and P-h perpendicular to. They represent a unique data set for identified hadrons that will significantly enhance our understanding of the fragmentation of quarks into final-state hadrons in deep-inelastic scattering. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.074029