A simplified recursive ${}^3P_0$ model for the fragmentation of polarized quarks

Abstract

We revisit our recursive model for the fragmentation of polarized quarks based on the string+${}^3P_0$ mechanism of $q\bar{q}$ pair creation. We make a different choice for one input function of the model that simplifies the implementation in a Monte Carlo program. No new parameters are introduced, and the relevant results are the same apart from the suppression of the spin-independent correlations between successive quarks. In addition, the present version is more suitable for an interface with external event generators. The theoretical aspects and the simulation results obtained with a stand alone program are discussed in detail and compared with those of the previous version of the model.