Published November 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Scaling of pseudorapidity distributions at c.m. energies up to 0.9 TeV

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New data are presented on charged particle pseudorapidity distributions for inelastic events produced at c.m. energies √s = 200 and 900 GeV. The data were obtained at the CERN antiproton-proton Collider operated in a new pulsed mode. The rise of the central density ρ(0) at energies up to √s = 900 GeV has been studied. A new form of central region scaling is found involving the density ρn(0) for charged multiplicity n, namely that the scaled central density ρn(0)/ρ(0) expressed as a function of z = n/ is independent of s. Scaling in the fragmentation region holds to 10-20%, and the small amount of scale-breaking observed here could be accommodated within the framework suggested by Wdowcyk and Wolfendale to account for both accelerator and cosmic ray data. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Z. Phys., C
Journal Volume
33
Journal Issue
1
Series
Z. Phys., C.
Journal Page Range
1-6
ISSN
0170-9739
CODEN
ZPCFD

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UA5 Collaboration.