Summary
The study of inclusive rapidity spectra pp → pX and pp → pπX at high energies provides a test of the assumptions of the diffractive excitation model. The magnitude and shape of correlations between the leading proton and produced pions favours a modified model, in which the diffractive cluster decays longitudinally, rather than isotropically.
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Lo studio alle alte energie degli spettri inclusivi di rapidità di pp → pX e pp → pπX fornisce un controllo delle ipotesi del modello diffrattivo di eccitazione. La grandezza e la forma delle correlazioni fra il protone principale e i pioni prodotti favoriscono un modello modificato, in cui gli ammassi diffrattivi decadano longitudinalmente piuttosto che isotropicamente.
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Kasman, J. Correlations between the leading proton and pions in high-energy proton-proton collisions. Nuov Cim A 20, 647–654 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02727457
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