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Comparison of multiplicity distributions to the negative binomial distribution in muon-proton scattering

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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The multiplicity distributions of charged hadrons produced in the deep inelastic muon-proton scattering at 280 GeV are analysed in various rapidity intervals, as a function of the total hadronic centre of mass energy W ranging from 4–20 GeV. Multiplicity distributions for the backward and forward hemispheres are also analysed separately. The data can be well parameterized by binomial distributions, extending their range of applicability to the case of lepton-proton scattering. The energy and the rapidity dependence of the parameters is presented and a smooth transition from the negative binomial distribution via Poissonian to the ordinary binomial is observed.

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  1. J. Coughlan & N. Geddes

    Present address: Rutherford and Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 0QX, Didcot, UK

  2. B. Badełek & J. Ciborowski

    Present address: Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoza 69, PL-00-681, Warsaw, Poland

  3. J. Nassalski & A. Sandacz

    Present address: Institute for Nuclear Studies, Hoza 69, PL-00-681, Warsaw, Poland

  4. C. P. Bee

    Present address: University of Liverpool, UK

  5. I. Bird, K. Rith & E. Rondio

    Present address: MPI für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, FRG

  6. S. Brown

    Present address: TESA S.A., Renens, Switzerland

  7. H. Brück & J. Krüger

    Present address: DESY, Hamburg, FRG

  8. J. S. Chima

    Present address: British Telecom, Ipswich, UK

  9. A. Edwards

    Present address: Jet, Joint Undertaking, Abington, UK

  10. G. Eszes, G. Jancsó, E. Nagy, P. Ribarics, J. Toth & L. Urban

    Present address: Central Research Institute for Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, Hungary

  11. J. Figiel, P. Malecki & B. Pawlik

    Present address: Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kraków, Poland

  12. J. Foster

    Present address: University of Manchester, UK

  13. A. S. Johnson

    Present address: SLAC, Stanford, Cal., USA

  14. K. Long & S. J. Wimpenny

    Present address: CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

  15. H. E. Montgomery

    Present address: FNAL, Batavia, Ill., USA

  16. F. G. Oakham

    Present address: NRC, Ottawa, Canada

  17. A. de la Torre

    Present address: Universidad Nacional, Mar del Plata, Argentina

  18. M. Whalley

    Present address: University of Durham, UK

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  1. III Physikalisches Institut A, Physikzentrum, RWTH, D-5100, Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany

    G. Berghoff, M. Düren, D. Lanske, M. Scheer, M. Scholz, K. Schultze & L. Urban

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    J. Beaufays, A. Jachołkowska, G. Kellner, H. E. Montgomery & A. M. Osborne

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  5. II Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-2000, Hamburg 50, Federal Republic of Germany

    J. Figiel, J. Gajewski, F. Janata, B. Pönsgen, H. Schiemann, M. Studt & A. de la Torre

  6. Institut für Kernphysik, Universität Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40-60, D-2300, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany

    E. Böhm

  7. Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université de Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 200, F-94405, Orsay Cedex, France

    D. Blum, P. Heusse, M. Jaffré & C. Pascaud

  8. Department of Physics, University of Lancaster, Bailrigg, LA1 4YB, Lancaster, UK

    C. P. Bee, I. Bird, J. Coughlan & T. Sloan

  9. Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules, B.P. 909, F-74019, Annecy-le-Vieux, Cedex, France

    X. de Bouard, C. Broll, G. Coignet, G. Eszes, J. Favier, M. Maire, E. Nagy, H. Pessard, M. Schneegans, J. M. Thénard, J. Toth & L. Urban

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    J. J. Aubert, C. Benchouk, G. D'Agostini, F. J. Hasert, F. Montanet, P. Payre & B. Pietrzyk

  12. Faculté des Sciences, Université de l'Etat à Mons, Avenue Maistriau 19, B-7000, Mons, Belgium

    F. Grard & R. Windmolders

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    J. S. Chima, R. Clifft, M. Edwards, P. R. Norton, F. G. Oakham & J. C. Thompson

  16. Department of Physics, University of Sheffield, The Hick's Building, S3 7RH, Sheffield, UK

    F. Combley, J. Foster, M. Whalley & S. Wheeler

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  18. Gustaf Werner Institut, University of Uppsala, P.O. Box 531, S-75121, Uppsala, Sweden

    A. Arvidson, H. Calen, S. Dahlgren, P. Grafström, E. Hagberg & S. Kullander

  19. Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoza 69, PL-00-681, Warsaw, Poland

    J. Nassalski, E. Rondio & A. Sandacz

  20. Institute for Nuclear Studies, Hoza 69, PL-00-681, Warsaw, Poland

    B. Badełek & J. Ciborowski

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    H. Braun, H. Brück, J. Drees, A. Edwards, J. Krüger, H. Peschel, U. Pietrzyk, M. Pötsch & A. Schneider

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The European Muon Collaboration., Arneodo, M., Arvidson, A. et al. Comparison of multiplicity distributions to the negative binomial distribution in muon-proton scattering. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 35, 335–345 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570769

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