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Hyperfine splitting effects in string hadronization

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-03-30 v1

Abstract

We revisit the recipe for hadron formation in the Lund string hadronization model. Given an incoming quark or quark-diquark pair, weights for hadron formation are updated to take hyperfine splitting effects arising from the mass difference between u, d-type and s-type quarks. We find that the procedure improves the description of hadron yields in e+e\mathrm{e}^+\mathrm{e}^- collisions and the ϕ\phi cross section in neutral current DIS. We also show results for proton collisions, and discuss the future use of this study in the context of small system collectivity.

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@article{arxiv.2201.06316,
  title  = {Hyperfine splitting effects in string hadronization},
  author = {Christian Bierlich and Smita Chakraborty and Gösta Gustafson and Leif Lönnblad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.06316},
  year   = {2022}
}

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17 pages, 4 figures

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