The Multiplicity dependence of inclusive ptp_t spectra from ppp p collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 200-GeV

Collaboration
Jun, 2006
17 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 74 (2006) 032006
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Abstract:
We report measurements of transverse momentum ptp_t spectra for ten event multiplicity classes of p-p collisions at s=200\sqrt{s} = 200 GeV. By analyzing the multiplicity dependence we find that the spectrum shape can be decomposed into a part with amplitude proportional to multiplicity and described by a L\'evy distribution on transverse mass mtm_t, and a part with amplitude proportional to multiplicity squared and described by a gaussian distribution on transverse rapidity yty_t. The functional forms of the two parts are nearly independent of event multiplicity. The two parts can be identified with the soft and hard components of a two-component model of p-p collisions. This analysis then provides the first isolation of the hard component of the ptp_t spectrum as a distribution of simple form on yty_t.
Note:
  • 17 pages, 10 figures
  • 24.85.+p
  • 25.40.Ve
  • 13.75.Cs
  • 24.60.-k
  • p p: colliding beams
  • p p: inclusive reaction
  • hadron: multiple production
  • charged particle: multiplicity
  • transverse momentum: spectrum
  • rapidity spectrum: transverse