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A model for multiplicity distributions in hadron-nucleon and α-α interactions at very high energies

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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We construct a simple stochastic model for particle production in hadron-nucleon collisions, which agrees with experimentally observed KNO scaling. We then use this model to calculate the multiplicity distribution of negative particles produced in α-α collisions at the CERN-ISR, based on a model of multiple collisions. The agreement of the measured spectra with the theory supports this hypothesis.

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  1. W. Q. Chao & H. J. Pirner

    Present address: Institute of High Energy Physics, Academia Sinica, Berjing, Peõple's Republic of China

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik and Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-6900, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    W. Q. Chao & H. J. Pirner

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Chao, W.Q., Pirner, H.J. A model for multiplicity distributions in hadron-nucleon and α-α interactions at very high energies. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 14, 165–169 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01495038

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