Published December 2, 1982 | Version v1
Journal article

Transverse momentum spectra for charged particles at the CERN proton-antiproton collider

Creators

  • 1. Science Research Council, Chilton (UK). Rutherford and Appleton Labs.
  • 2. Grenoble-1 Univ., 74 - Annecy (France). Lab. de Physique des Particules
  • 3. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 4. Queen Mary Coll., London (UK)
  • 5. CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 6. Nationaal Inst. voor Kernfysica en Hoge-Energiefysica (NIKHEF), Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • 7. College de France, 75 - Paris

Description

We have measured transverse momentum spectra up to 10 GeV/c for charged particles produced centrally in proton-antiproton collisions at 540 GeV in the centre of mass at the CERN collider. Our results are compared with data at ISR energies and with the predictions of a QCD model. The charged particle spectrum shows a clear dependence on charged track multiplicity. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
118
Journal Issue
1-3
Series
CODEN: PYLBA.;Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
167-172
ISSN
0370-2693

Optional Information

Notes
UA1 Collaboration, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.