$$K^{*}(892)^0$$ Production in p$$+$$p Interactions from NA61/SHINE

Abstract

The measurement of \(K^*(892)^0\) resonance production via its \(K^+ \pi ^-\) decay mode in inelastic p\(+\)p collisions at beam momenta 40–158 GeV/c (\(\sqrt{s_{\text {NN}}}=8.8-17.3\) GeV) is presented. The data were recorded by the NA61/SHINE hadron spectrometer at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. The analysis of \(K^*(892)^0\) was done with the template method. The results include the double differential spectra \(d^2 n/(dydp_{\text {T}})\), \(d^2 n/(m_{\text {T}} dm_{\text {T}}dy)\) as well as dn/dy spectra.