Hyperfine splitting effects in string hadronization

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 ${\mathrm{e}}^{+}{\mathrm{e}}^{-}$ collisions and the $\varphi$ 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.

17 pages, 4 figures

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