Multiplicity distributions and rapidity gaps

Jul, 1994
25 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 50 (1994) 6811-6819
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Report number:
  • MSUHEP-940715

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Abstract:
I examine the phenomenology of particle multiplicity distributions, with special emphasis on the low multiplicities that are a background in the study of rapidity gaps. In particular, I analyze the multiplicity distribution in a rapidity interval between two jets, using the HERWIG QCD simulation with some necessary modifications. The distribution is not of the negative binomial form, and displays an anomalous enhancement at zero multiplicity. Some useful mathematical tools for working with multiplicity distributions are presented. It is demonstrated that ignoring particles with pt<0.2 has theoretical advantages, in addition to being convenient experimentally.
  • multiplicity: spectrum
  • spectrum: multiplicity
  • rapidity: gap
  • statistical analysis: cluster
  • decay: cluster
  • cluster: decay
  • parametrization
  • density
  • anti-p p: interaction
  • interaction: anti-p p
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