Multiplicity distributions resulting from multiperipheral plus diffractive production.
CALIFORNIA UNIV., LA JOLLA, SAN DIEGO. DEPT. OF PHYSICS. STANFORD UNIV., CALIF. DEPT. OF PHYSICS. CALIFORNIA UNIV., RIVERSIDE. DEPT. OF PHYSICS. BROWN UNIV., PROVIDENCE, R. I. DEPT. OF PHYSICS., W Frazer, R Peccei, S Pinsky, C Tan · 1972
We discuss the phenomenology of multiplicity distributions in highenergy hadronic collisions in terms of the short-range correlation picture, modified to include diffractive processes leading to low-multiplicity final states.We formulate two models, both of which give reasonable fits to present data on high-energy partial cross sections.Model-independent methods for separating diffractive and multiperipheral production are discussed.