Factorial and cumulant moments in e(+)e(-)->hadrons at the Z(0) resonance

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作者
Abe, K
Abt, I
Ahn, CJ
Akagi, T
Allen, NJ
Ash, WW
Aston, D
Baird, KG
Baltay, C
Band, HR
Barakat, MB
Baranko, G
Bardon, O
Barklow, T
Bazarko, AO
BenDavid, R
Benvenuti, AC
Bilei, GM
Bisello, D
Blaylock, G
Bogart, JR
Bolton, T
Bower, GR
Brau, JE
Breidenbach, M
Bugg, WM
Burke, D
Burnett, TH
Burrows, PN
Busza, W
Calcaterra, A
Caldwell, DO
Calloway, D
Camanzi, B
Carpinelli, M
Cassell, R
Castaldi, R
Castro, A
CavalliSforza, M
Chou, A
Church, E
Cohn, HO
Coller, JA
Cook, V
Cotton, R
Cowan, RF
Coyne, DG
Crawford, G
DOliveira, A
Damerell, CJS
机构
[1] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ BOLOGNA, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[2] BOSTON UNIV, BOSTON, MA 02215 USA
[3] BRUNEL UNIV, UXBRIDGE UB8 3PH, MIDDX, ENGLAND
[4] CALTECH, PASADENA, CA 91125 USA
[5] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106 USA
[6] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 USA
[7] UNIV CINCINNATI, CINCINNATI, OH 45221 USA
[8] COLORADO STATE UNIV, FT COLLINS, CO 80523 USA
[9] UNIV COLORADO, BOULDER, CO 80309 USA
[10] COLUMBIA UNIV, NEW YORK, NY 10027 USA
[11] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ FERRARA, I-44100 FERRARA, ITALY
[12] UNIV FERRARA, I-44100 FERRARA, ITALY
[13] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, NAZL FRASCATI LAB, I-00044 FRASCATI, ITALY
[14] UNIV ILLINOIS, URBANA, IL 61801 USA
[15] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY, LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
[16] MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[17] UNIV MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST, MA 01003 USA
[18] UNIV MISSISSIPPI, UNIVERSITY, MS 38677 USA
[19] NAGOYA UNIV, CHIKUSA KU, NAGOYA, AICHI 464, JAPAN
[20] UNIV OREGON, EUGENE, OR 97403 USA
[21] UNIV PADUA, I-35100 PADUA, ITALY
[22] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ PADOVA, I-35100 PADUA, ITALY
[23] UNIV PERUGIA, I-06100 PERUGIA, ITALY
[24] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ PERUGIA, I-06100 PERUGIA, ITALY
[25] UNIV PISA, I-56100 PISA, ITALY
[26] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ PISA, I-56100 PISA, ITALY
[27] RUTGERS STATE UNIV, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855 USA
[28] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[29] SOGANG UNIV, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
[30] STANFORD UNIV, STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CTR, STANFORD, CA 94309 USA
[31] UNIV TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37996 USA
[32] TOHOKU UNIV, SENDAI, MIYAGI 980, JAPAN
[33] VANDERBILT UNIV, NASHVILLE, TN 37235 USA
[34] UNIV WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WA 98195 USA
[35] UNIV WISCONSIN, MADISON, WI 53706 USA
[36] YALE UNIV, NEW HAVEN, CT 06511 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0370-2693(96)00046-9
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present the first experimental study of the ratio of cumulant to factorial moments of the charged-particle multiplicity distribution in high-energy particle interactions, using hadronic Z(0) decays collected by the SLD experiment at SLAG. We find that this ratio, as a function of the moment-rank q, decreases sharply to a negative minimum at q = 5, which is followed by quasi-oscillations. These features are insensitive to experimental systematic effects and are in qualitative agreement with expectations from next-to-next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD.
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页码:149 / 156
页数:8
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