Inclusive production of K *(892), ρ 0, and ω(783) mesons in the ϒ energy region

The production of K ^*+(892), K ^*0(892), ρ ⁰(770) and ω(783) vector mesons in ρ ⁰(770) events as well as in the gluonic Υ(1 S) decays and ρ ⁰(770) decays has been studied using the ARGUS detector. Combining these results with data on pseudoscalar meson, ϕ meson and baryon production collected with the same detector allow comprehensive studies of quark and gluon fragmentation. Model independent information on s quark and vector meson suppression ( s/u=0.37±0.04, V/(V+P) _π=0.21±0.04 and V/(V+P) _K =0.34±0.03)) are derived. The data are compared with predictions from the models Jetset 7.3 and UCLA 7.31.