LEPTON-HADRON RELATION AND THE INCLUSIVE PRODUCTION OF LOW-PT CHARGED SECONDARIES AT ISR ENERGIES IN PP SCATTERING

Some of the most important characteristics of the inclusive production of charged secondaries at small transverse momenta and high energies in pp scattering have been explained in the light of a new model of hadrons. The model suggests that Feynman scaling is not exact, but may be taken to be approximately valid in the ISR energy range. The inclusive distributions as well as x(dσ/d x) for pp→pX, {Mathematical expression}, pp→K±X and {Mathematical expression} have been evaluated which are found to be in excellent agreement with experiments. The model also explains the preponderance of positively charged particles over negatively charged particles and offers some predictions for various types of inclusive reactions which may be taken up for verification in future experiments. © 1979 Società Italiana di Fisica.