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Charged particle multiplicity distributions for fixed number of jets inZ 0 hadronic decays

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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The multiplicity distributions of charged particles in full phase space and in restricted rapidity intervals for events with a fixed number of jets measured by the DELPHI detector are presented. The data are well reproduced by the Lund Parton Shower model and can also be well described by fitted negative binomial distributions. The properties of these distributions in terms of the clan model are discussed. In symmetric 3-jet events the candidate gluon jet is found not to be significantly different in average multiplicity than the mean of the other two jets, thus supporting previous results of the HRS and OPAL experiments. Similar results hold for events generated according to the LUND PS and to the HERWIG models, when the jets are defined by the JADE jet finding algorithm. The method seems to be insensitive for measuring the color charge ratio between gluons and quarks.

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DELPHI Collaboration., Abreu, P., Adam, W. et al. Charged particle multiplicity distributions for fixed number of jets inZ 0 hadronic decays. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 56, 63–75 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01589707

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