Study of Intermittency in Electron - Positron Annihilation Into Hadrons

Collaboration
Jul, 1989
9 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 231 (1989) 548-556
  • Published: 1989
Report number:
  • DESY-89-092,
  • WIS-89-33-PH
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
Intermittency effects have been studied directly for the first time in e + e − annihilation, using 37 509 hadronic events at an average CM energy of 〈√ s 〉=35 GeV. The factorial moments F 2 , F 3 and F 4 are given for the rapidity distribution and for the two-dimensional distributions in rapidity and azimuthal angle. The effects of cuts in sphericity and particle momentum are large. Comparison with several fragmentation models are made; some models like the Lund model with O(α s 2 ) matrix element give a qualitative description of the phenomena. The importance of detector effects is demonstrated. The results are discussed in terms of various suggested interpretations of this effect.
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • hadron: electroproduction
  • rapidity spectrum
  • intermittency
  • model: fragmentation
  • counters and detectors: effect
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  • experimental results
  • DESY PETRA Stor