Study of Λ-production in target fragmentation region frompp interactions at 360 GeV/c in the triple regge framework

A study of Λ production has been made in the target fragmentation region frompp interactions at 360 GeV/c. The triple Regge analysis of the double differential distributiond2N/d(M2/s)dt led to an estimate of the kaon trajectory intercept as ≈-−0.6. Comparison of the double and single inclusive distributions supports the idea of Pomeron factorization. The charged multiplicities and moments from virtual ‘K+’p interactions have been studied as a function ofM, the c.m. energy of the virtual ‘K+’p system. The results agree reasonably well with the on shellK+p data.