AKK Update: Improvements from New Theoretical Input and Experimental Data

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2008-03-19

arxiv.org/abs/0803.2768v2

Nucl.Phys.B803:42-104,2008

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.05.017

We perform a number of improvements to the previous AKK extraction of fragmentation functions for $\pi^\pm$, $K^\pm$, $p/\bar{p}$, $K_S^0$ and $\Lambda/\bar{\Lambda}$ particles at next-to-leading order. Inclusive hadron production measurements from $pp(\bar{p})$ reactions at BRAHMS, CDF, PHENIX and STAR are added to the data sample. We use the charge-sign asymmetry of the produced hadrons in $pp$ reactions to constrain the valence quark fragmentations. Data from $e^+ e^-$ reactions in regions of smaller $x$ and lower $\sqrt{s}$ are added. Hadron mass effects are treated for all observables and, for each particle, the hadron mass used for the description of the $e^+ e^-$ reaction is fitted. The baryons' fitted masses are found to be only around 1% above their true masses, while the values of the mesons' fitted masses have the correct order of magnitude. Large $x$ resummation is applied in the coefficient functions of the $e^+ e^-$ reactions, and also in the evolution of the fragmentation functions, which in most cases results in a significant reduction of the minimized $\chi^2$. To further exploit the data, all published normalization errors are incorporated via a correlation matrix.

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