Published September 25, 1986
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Journal article
Multiplicity of charged particles in 800 GeV p-p interactions
Creators
- Ammar, R.1
- Ball, S.1
- Davis, R.1
- Gress, J.1
- Kwak, N.1
- Liu, X.1
- Aziz, T.2
- Banerjee, S.2
- Ganguli, S.N.2
- Gurtu, A.2
- Malhotra, P.K.2
- Raghavan, R.2
- Subramanian, A.2
- Baland, J.F.3
- Henri, V.P.3
- Legros, P.3
- Pilette, P.3
- Ball, R.C.4
- Coffin, T.4
- Dershem, T.O.4
- Jones, L.W.4
- Leedom, I.D.4
- Roe, B.P.4
- Weber, M.F.4
- Bromberg, C.5
- Miller, R.5
- Nguyen, A.5
- Brun, R.6
- Canough, G.E.6
- Giokaris, N.6
- Mikocki, S.6
- Poirier, J.6
- Commichau, V.7
- Roth, A.7
- Struczinski, W.7
- Dixon, R.L.8
- Fenker, H.C.8
- Marraffino, J.M.8
- Nikolic, M.8
- Voyvodic, L.8
- Gensch, U.9
- Knauss, D.9
- Mendez, G.E.9
- Naumann, T.9
- Nowak, H.9
- Girtler, P.10, 11
- Kuhn, D.10, 11
- Neuhofer, G.10, 11
- Rasner, K.10, 11
- Goshaw, A.T.12
- Robertson, W.J.12
- Walker, W.D.12
- Wild, C.F.12
- Hernandez, J.J.13
- Hrubec, J.13
- Iori, M.13
- Leutz, H.13
- Poppleton, A.13
- Reucroft, S.13
- Trouboul, M.C.13
- Lemonne, J.14
- Vonck, B.14
- Wickens, J.14
- Roos, C.E.15
- Senko, M.15
- Waters, J.W.15
- Webster, M.S.15
- LEBC-MPS Collaboration
- 1. Kansas Univ., Lawrence (USA)
- 2. Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research, Bombay (India)
- 3. Mons Univ. (Belgium)
- 4. Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor (USA)
- 5. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing (USA)
- 6. Notre Dame Univ., IN (USA)
- 7. Technische Hochschule Aachen (Germany, F.R.). Lehrstuhl fuer Experimentalphysik 3B und 3. Physikalisches Inst.
- 8. Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (USA)
- 9. Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Berlin-Zeuthen. Inst. fuer Hochenergiephysik
- 10. Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna
- 11. Innsbruck Univ. (Austria)
- 12. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (USA)
- 13. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
- 14. Interuniversity Inst. for High Energies, Brussels (Belgium)
- 15. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (USA)
Description
Results are reported concerning the charged-particle multiplicity distribution obtained in an exposure of the high-resolution hydrogen bubble chamber LEBC to a beam of 800 GeV protons at the Fermilab MPS. This is the first time that such data have been available at this energy. The distribution of the number nch of charged particles produced in inelastic interactions obeys KNO-scaling. The average multiplicity is =10.26±0.15. For nch≥8 the data can be well fitted to a negative binomial. The difference between the overall experimental multiplicity distribution and that resulting from the latter fit is in agreement with the contribution expected from diffractive processes. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Lett., B
- Journal Volume
- 178
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 124-128
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 18004208
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- CHARGED PARTICLES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEV RANGE 100-1000; HADRONS; INTEGRAL CROSS SECTIONS; MULTIPLE PRODUCTION; MULTIPLICITY; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; SCALING LAWS
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; CROSS SECTIONS; DATA; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; GEV RANGE; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; INFORMATION; INTERACTIONS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
Optional Information
- Collaborations
- LEBC-MPS Collaboration.