Measurement of inclusive production of light meson resonances in hadronic decays of the Z0

A study of inclusive production of the meson resonances View the MathML source in hadronic decays of the Z0 is presented. The measured mean meson multiplicity per hadronic event is 0.83 ± 0.14 for the ρ0 0.64 ± 0.24 for the K∗0 (892), 0.10 ± 0.04 for the View the MathML source in the momentum range p > 0.05pbeam (xp > 0.05) and 0.11 ± 0.05 for the View the MathML source. These values and the corresponding differential cross sections View the MathML source for the vector mesons are in good agreement with the predictions of the JETSET 7.3 PS and HERWIG 5.4 models. The View the MathML source production is overestimated by HERWIG but its xp-shape is correctly reproduced. The measured ratios of the production cross sections View the MathML source and View the MathML source for xp > 0.1 are consistent with the results obtained in hadronic reactions.