Scaling Violation Favoring High Multiplicity Events at 540-GeV CMS Energy

The UA5 collaboration Alner, G.J. ; Alpgard, K. ; Ansorge, R.E. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 138 (1984) 304-310, 1984.
Inspire Record 199419 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.30571

New data are presented on the charged multiplicity distribution for non single-diffractive events produced in pp̄ interactions at a CM energy s = 540 GeV . The distribution in the full pseudorapidity range is compared with data from the ISR. Using the scaling variable z = n 〈n〉 a change of shape is observed. The effect is manifested as an increase from 2% to 6% in the proportion of high multiplicity ( z > 2) events. For the central pseudorapidity range, | η | ⪅ 1.5, scaling is approximately valid up to s = 540 GeV .

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THE SCALING VARIABLE Z IS N/MEAN(N). THE ERRORS ARE HIGHLY CORRELATED AND ARE BASED ON THE SQUARE ROOT OF THE NUMBER OF EVENTS IN THE BIN. IN THE CASE OF MULTIPLICITIES 2,4, AND 6, ADDITIONAL SYSTEMATIC ERRORS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. ABOVE MULTIPLICITY 96 BINS HAVE BEEN COMBINED - THE VALUE IN THE TABLE IS THE AVERAGE OVER THE RANGE - NOT THE SUM. NOTE ALSO THAT IN FIG. 1 THE "Y-VALUE" IS MULTIPLIED BY THE MEAN MULTIPLICITY (29.1).

CHARGED MULTIPLICITY (NON-CORRECTED) FOR EVENTS WHICH HAVE AT LEAST ONE TRACK WITH ABS(ETARAP) <1.5.

CHARGED MULTIPLICITY (NON CORRECTED) FOR EVENTS WHICH HAVE AT LEAST ONE TRACK WITH ABS(ETARAP) <1.3.

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Antiproton-proton cross sections at 200 and 900 {GeV} c.m. energy

The UA5 collaboration Alner, G.J. ; Ansorge, R.E. ; Asman, B. ; et al.
Z.Phys.C 32 (1986) 153-161, 1986.
Inspire Record 229896 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.15857

Data on antiproton-proton cross sections at the c.m. energies 200 and 900 GeV are presented. The data were obtained at the CERN antiproton-proton Collider operated in a new pulsed mode in which the same beams were accelerated and decelerated between beam energies of 450 and 100 GeV. The properties of the machine determine the ratio of the luminosities at the two energies to about 1% and thus an accurate measurement of the ratioR of the inelastic cross sections could be made. We findR (=σ900/σ200)=1.20±0.01±0.02, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. Interpolating existing data to estimateσine1(200 GeV) this measurement ofR leads toσine1(900 GeV)=50.3+0.4+1.0 mb. Using an extrapolated value ofσe1/σtot we estimate the total cross section at 900 GeV to be 65.3±0.7±1.5 mb. Both the inelastic and total cross sections are compatible with a ln2s dependence. Comparisons are made with different fits to the total cross section energy dependence.

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Ratio of inelastic cross sections at 900 and 200 Gev.

Estimate of 900 Gev total cross section based on a) interpolation to obtain total cross section at sqrt(s)=200 Gev (51.6 +- 0.4mb.) b) interpolation and extrapolation to obtain the ratio of elastic to total cross sections at 200 & 900 Gev (0.19 +- 0.01 and 0.23 +- 0.01 respectively).


Scaling Violations in Multiplicity Distributions at 200-GeV and 900-GeV

The UA5 collaboration Alner, G.J. ; Ansorge, R.E. ; Asman, B. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 167 (1986) 476-480, 1986.
Inspire Record 220002 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.30284

New data are presented on charged particle multiplicity distributions for non single-diffractive events produced at CM energies s = 200 and 900 GeV . The data were obtained at the CERN antiproton-proton collider operated in a new pulsed mode. The multiplicity distributions are very well described by a negative binomial distribution. The highest energy data show no sign of approaching scaling, confirming our earlier results on the breaking of KNO scaling. The energy variation of the average charged multiplicity can be fitted to a quadratic in ln s or a s 0.13 dependence.

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Figure gives uncorrected multiplicity distributions. Here we give the corrected distributions. Data supplied by D. Ward.

Results for multiplicity moments based on negative binomial fit to corrected data. Errors reflect both statistical and systematic effects. Results from earlier data at 546 Gev cm energy are also given.

C moments for corrected data where CQ=<N**Q>/<N>**Q.


An Investigation of Multiplicity Distributions in Different Pseudorapidity Intervals in anti-p p Reactions at a CMS Energy of 540-GeV

The UA5 collaboration Alner, G.J. ; Alpgard, K. ; Anderer, P. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 160 (1985) 193-198, 1985.
Inspire Record 213986 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.6545

Multiplicity distributions of charged particles for inelastic, non single-diffractive events in proton-antiproton collisions at a centre of mass energy of 540 GeV are presented for various pseudorapidity (Δη) intervals. The widths of the multiplicity distributions, scaled to their means, increase as Δη is made smaller, and the deviation from a Poisson distribution becomes progressively more pronounced. It is found that the data are remarkably well described by a negative binomial distribution. The parameters of the distributions vary smoothly with the size of the acceptance interval.

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Data for full phase space.

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