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Hard scattering effects in minimum bias\(\bar pp\) collider data

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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Abstract

We discuss a simple two-component description of the minimum bias data observed at the CERN\(\bar pp\) collider. We show how the “hard” scattering component can be extracted using a moment analysis of the multiplicity distributions measured by the UA 5 collaboration. This component is compared with QCD expectations obtained from convoluting parton-parton scattering with jet calculus predictions for the multiplicity distributions in jets. Encouraging overall agreement is achieved despite many theoretical uncertainties. Implications for the UA 1 jet/no-jet sample are discussed briefly.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, Durham, UK

    A. D. Martin & C. J. Maxwell

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Martin, A.D., Maxwell, C.J. Hard scattering effects in minimum bias\(\bar pp\) collider data. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 34, 71–78 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01561117

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