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The measurements are performed using the combined information from the Silicon Pixel Detector and the Forward Multiplicity Detector of ALICE. The multiplicity distributions are parametrised with a double negative binomial distribution function which provides satisfactory descriptions of the distributions for all the studied pseudorapidity intervals. The data are compared to models and analysed quantitatively, evaluating  the first four moments (mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis). The shape evolution of the measured multiplicity distributions is studied in terms of KNO variables and it is found that none of the considered models reproduces the measurements. This paper also reports on the average charged-particle multiplicity, normalised by the average number of participating nucleon pairs, as a function of the collision energy. The multiplicity results are then compared to measurements made in proton--proton and nucleus--nucleus collisions across a wide range of collision energies.","hasPart":[{"@id":"https://doi.org/10.17182/hepdata.160246.v1/t1","@type":"Dataset","description":"Charged-particle multiplicity distributions for different pseudorapidity intervals measured in NSD p-Pb collisions at $\\sqrt{s_\\mathrm{NN}} = 5020~\\mathrm{GeV}$.","name":"Figure 2"},{"@id":"https://doi.org/10.17182/hepdata.160246.v1/t2","@type":"Dataset","description":"The pseudorapidity dependence of the double NBD parameters $\\langle n \\rangle_1$, $\\langle n \\rangle_2$, $k_1$, and $k_2$ in NSD p-Pb...","name":"Figure 3"},{"@id":"https://doi.org/10.17182/hepdata.160246.v1/t3","@type":"Dataset","description":"First four moments ($\\langle N_{\\mathrm{ch}}\\rangle$, $\\sigma$, $S$, and $\\kappa$) of charged-particle multiplicity distributions for different pseudorapidity intervals in NSD p-Pb...","name":"Figure 4"},{"@id":"https://doi.org/10.17182/hepdata.160246.v1/t4","@type":"Dataset","description":"KNO-scaled multiplicity distribution versus the KNO variable $N_{\\mathrm{ch}}/\\langle N_{\\mathrm{ch}}\\rangle$ in NSD p-Pb collisions at $\\sqrt{s_\\mathrm{NN}} = 5020~\\mathrm{GeV}$ for the pseudorapidity...","name":"Figure 5 (open plus symbol)"},{"@id":"https://doi.org/10.17182/hepdata.160246.v1/t5","@type":"Dataset","description":"KNO-scaled multiplicity distribution versus the KNO variable $N_{\\mathrm{ch}}/\\langle N_{\\mathrm{ch}}\\rangle$ in NSD p-Pb collisions at $\\sqrt{s_\\mathrm{NN}} = 5020~\\mathrm{GeV}$ for the pseudorapidity...","name":"Figure 5 (open diamond symbol)"},{"@id":"https://doi.org/10.17182/hepdata.160246.v1/t6","@type":"Dataset","description":"KNO-scaled multiplicity distribution versus the KNO variable $N_{\\rm ch}/\\langle N_{\\rm ch}\\rangle$ in NSD p-Pb collisions at $\\sqrt{s_\\mathrm{NN}} = 5020~\\mathrm{GeV}$ for...","name":"Figure 5 (open square symbol)"},{"@id":"https://doi.org/10.17182/hepdata.160246.v1/t7","@type":"Dataset","description":"KNO-scaled multiplicity distribution versus the KNO variable $N_{\\mathrm{ch}}/\\langle N_{\\mathrm{ch}}\\rangle$ in NSD p-Pb collisions at $\\sqrt{s_\\mathrm{NN}} = 5020~\\mathrm{GeV}$ for the pseudorapidity...","name":"Figure 5 (open circle symbol)"},{"@id":"https://doi.org/10.17182/hepdata.160246.v1/t8","@type":"Dataset","description":"KNO-scaled multiplicity distribution versus the KNO variable $N_{\\mathrm{ch}}/\\langle N_{\\mathrm{ch}}\\rangle$ in NSD p-Pb collisions at $\\sqrt{s_\\mathrm{NN}} = 5020~\\mathrm{GeV}$ for the pseudorapidity...","name":"Figure 5 (open triangle symbol)"},{"@id":"https://doi.org/10.17182/hepdata.160246.v1/t9","@type":"Dataset","description":"KNO-scaled multiplicity distribution versus the KNO variable $N_{\\mathrm{ch}}/\\langle N_{\\mathrm{ch}}\\rangle$ in NSD p-Pb collisions at $\\sqrt{s_\\mathrm{NN}} = 5020~\\mathrm{GeV}$ for the pseudorapidity...","name":"Figure 5 (open cross symbol)"},{"@id":"https://doi.org/10.17182/hepdata.160246.v1/t10","@type":"Dataset","description":"Average charged-particle multiplicity normalised by the average number of participating nucleon pairs in NSD p-Pb collisions at $\\sqrt{s_\\mathrm{NN}} = 5020~\\mathrm{GeV}$...","name":"Figure 6"}],"identifier":[{"@type":"PropertyValue","propertyID":"HEPDataRecord","value":"https://www.hepdata.net/record/ins2895567?version=1"},{"@type":"PropertyValue","propertyID":"HEPDataRecordAlt","value":"https://www.hepdata.net/record/160246"}],"inLanguage":"en","name":"Charged-particle multiplicity distributions over a wide pseudorapidity range in p-Pb collisions at $\\mathbf{\\sqrt{s}_{NN} = 5.02}$ TeV","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"HEPData"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"HEPData"},"url":"https://www.hepdata.net/record/ins2895567?version=1","version":1}