Published August 27, 1981 | Version v1
Journal article

Coherence and self-induced transparency in high-energy hadronic collisions

  • 1. Exeter Univ. (UK). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
  • 3. Marburg Univ. (Germany, F.R.)

Description

Two consequences of coherence of mesonic field have been tested in proton-nucleus collisions. Multiplicity fluctuations measured in finite rapidity intervals are found to obey a Poisson distribution at large rapidities where nuclear transparency occurs. In close analogy to quantum optics we present a quark-parton model in which this link between coherence and transparency is realized via the phenomenon of self-induced transparency. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
104
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
239-245
ISSN
0370-2693