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COMPARISON OF MULTIPLICITY DISTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEGATIVE BINOMIAL-DISTRIBUTION IN MUON-PROTON SCATTERING

  • Michele ARNEODO
  • , A ARVIDSON
  • , AUBERT JJ
  • , B BADELEK
  • , J BEAUFAYS
  • , BEE CP
  • , C BENCHOUK
  • , G BERGHOFF
  • , I BIRD
  • , D BLUM
  • , E BOHM
  • , X DEBOUARD
  • , BRASSE FW
  • , H BRAUN
  • , C BROLL
  • , S BROWN
  • , H BRUCK
  • , H CALEN
  • , CHIMA JS
  • , J CIBOROWSKI
  • R CLIFFT, G COIGNET, F COMBLEY, J COUGHLAN, G DAGOSTINI, S DAHLGREN, F DENGLER, I DERADO, T DREYER, J DREES, M DUREN, V ECKARDT, A EDWARDS, M EDWARDS, T ERNST, G ESZES, J FAVIER, FERRERO MI, J FIGIEL, W FLAUGER, J FOSTER, J FTACNIK, E GABATHULER, J GAJEWSKI, R GAMET, J GAYLER, N GEDDES, P GRAFSTROM, F GRARD, J HAAS, E HAGBERG, HASERT FJ, P HAYMAN, P HEUSSE, M JAFFRE, A JACHOLKOWSKA, F JANATA, G JANCSO, JOHNSON AS, KABUSS EM, G KELLNER, V KORBEL, J KRUGER, S KULLANDER, U LANDGRAF, D LANSKE, J LOKEN, K LONG, M MAIRE, P MALECKI, A MANZ, S MASELLI, W MOHR, F MONTANET, MONTGOMERY HE, E NAGY, J NASSALSKI, NORTON PR, OAKHAM FG, OSBORNE AM, C PASCAUD, B PAWLIK, P PAYRE, C PERONI, H PESCHEL, H PESSARD, J PETTINGHALE, B PIETRZYK, U PIETRZYK, B PONSGEN, M POTSCH, P RENTON, P RIBARICS, K RITH, E RONDIO, A SANDACZ, M SCHEER, A SCHLAGBOHMER, H SCHIEMANN, N SCHMITZ, M SCHNEEGANS, A SCHNEIDER, M SCHOLZ, T SCHRODER, K SCHULTZE, T SLOAN, STIER HE, M STUDT, TAYLOR GN, THENARD JM, THOMPSON JC, A DELATORRE, J TOTH, L URBAN, L URBAN, W WALLUCKS, M WHALLEY, S WHEELER, WILLIAMS WSC, WIMPENNY SJ, R WINDMOLDERS, G. WOLF

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Abstract

The multiplicity distributions of charged hadrons produced in the deep inelastic muon-proton scattering at 280 GeV are analysed in various rapidity intervals, as a function of the total hadronic centre of mass energy W ranging from 4-20 GeV. Multiplicity distributions for the backward and forward hemispheres are also analysed separately. The data can be well parameterized by binomial distributions, extending their range of applicability to the case of lepton-proton scattering. The energy and the rapidity dependence of the parameters is presented and a smooth transition from the negative binomial distribution via Poissonian to the ordinary binomial is observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)335-345
Number of pages11
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume35
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 1987

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