Kaon Multiplicities of Semi-inclusive DIS and the Fragmentation Functions

Abstract

There is an apparent discrepancy between the results of the charged kaon multiplicities off the deuteron target from HERMES and COMPASS experiments. In this article we point out that this discrepancy cannot be explained by different $Q^2$ values. Furthermore we examine the empirical parametrization of the fragmentation functions, DSS2017 carefully and find that the agreement between the theoretical estimate and the HERMES data is less satisfactory as claimed.

arXiv comment4 pages, 3 figures,will appear in the proceeding of the 8th International conference on Quark and Nuclear physics, Tsukuba, Japan from November 13 to November 17, 2018. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1807.06524

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