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MULTIPLICITY AND TRANSVERSE-MOMENTUM CORRELATIONS IN MULTIHADRONIC FINAL-STATES IN E(+)E(-) INTERACTIONS AT ROOT-S=91.2 GEV

AKERS, R and ALEXANDER, G and ALLISON, J and ANDERSON, KJ and ARCELLI, S and ASTBURY, A and AXEN, D and AZUELOS, G and BALL, AH and BARLOW, RJ and BARNETT, S and BARTOLDUS, R and BATLEY, JR and BEAUDOIN, G and BECK, A and BECK, GA and BECKER, J and BEESTON, C and BEHNKE, T and BELL, KW and BELLA, G and BENTKOWSKI, P and BERLICH, P and BETHKE, S and BIEBEL, O and BLOODWORTH, IJ and BOCK, P and BODEN, B and BOSCH, HM and BOUTEMEUR, M and BRIGHTTHOMAS, P and BROWN, RM and BUIJS, A and BURCKHART, HJ and BURGARD, C and CAPILUPPI, P and CARNEGIE, RK and CARTER, AA and CARTER, JR and CHANG, CY and CHARLTON, DG and CHU, SL and CLARKE, PEL and CLAYTON, JC and COHEN, I and CONBOY, JE and COOPER, M and COUPLAND, M and CUFFIANI, M and DADO, S and GALLAVALLE, GM and DARLING, C and DEJONG, S and DELPOZO, LA and DENG, H and DIECKMANN, A and DITTMAR, M and DIXIT, MS and SILVA, EDCE and DUBOSCQ, JE and DUCHOVNI, E and DUCKECK, G and DUERDOTH, IP and DUMAS, DJP and ELCOMBE, PA and ESTABROOKS, PG and ETZION, E and EVANS, HG and FABBRI, F and FABBRO, B and FIERRO, M and FINCKEKEELER, M and FISCHER, HM and FONG, DG and FOUCHER, M and GAIDOT, A and GARY, JW and GASCON, J and GEDDES, NI and GEICHGIMBEL, C and GENSLER, SW and GENTIT, FX and GERALIS, T and GIACOMELLI, G and GIACOMELLI, P and GIACOMELLI, R and GIBSON, V and GIBSON, WR and GILLIES, JD and GOLDBERG, J and GINGRICH, DM and GOODRICK, MJ and GORN, W and GRANDI, C and GRANT, FC and HAGEMANN, J and HANSON, GG and HANSROUL, M and HARGROVE, CK and HARRISON, PF and HART, J and HART, PA and HATTERSLEY, PM and HAUSCHILD, M and HAWKES, CM and HEFLIN, E and HEMINGWAY, RJ and HERTEN, G and HEUER, RD and HILL, JC and HILLIER, SJ and HILSE, T and HINSHAW, DA and HOBSON, PR and HOCHMAN, D and HOMER, RJ and HONMA, AK and HUGHESJONES, RE and HUMBERT, R and IGOKEMENES, P and IHSSEN, H and IMRIE, DC and JANISSEN, AC and JAWAHERY, A and JEFFREYS, PW and JEREMIE, H and JIMACK, M and JONES, M and JONES, RWL and JOVANOVIC, P and JUI, C and KARLEN, D and KAWAGOE, K and KAWAMOTO, T and KEELER, RK and KELLOGG, RG and KENNEDY, BW and KING, J and KLUTH, S and KOBAYASHI, T and KOETKE, DS and KOKOTT, TP and KOMAMIYA, S and KOWALEWSKI, R and HOWARD, R and VONKROGH, J and KROLL, J and KYBERD, P and LAFFERTY, GD and LAFOUX, H and LAHMANN, R and LAUBER, J and LAYTER, JG and LEBLANC, P and LEDU, P and LEE, AM and LEFEBVRE, E and LEHTO, MH and LELLOUCH, D and LEROY, C and LETTS, J and LEVINSON, L and LI, Z and LLOYD, SL and LOEBINGER, FK and LORAH, JM and LORAZO, B and LOSTY, MJ and LOU, XC and LUDWIG, J and LUIG, A and MANNELLI, M and MARCELLINI, S and MARKUS, C and MARTIN, AJ and MARTIN, JP and MASHIMO, T and MATTIG, P and MAUR, U and MCKENNA, J and MCMAHON, TJ and MCNUTT, JR and MEIJERS, F and MERRITT, FS and MES, H and MICHELINI, A and MIDDLETON, RP and MIKENBERG, G and MILDENBERGER, J and MILLER, DJ and MIR, R and WOHR, W and MOISAN, C and MONTANARI, A and MORI, T and MORII, M and MULLER, U and NELLEN, B and NGUYEN, HH and ONEALE, SW and OAKHAM, FG and ODORICI, F and OGREN, HO and ORAM, CJ and OREGLIA, MJ and ORITO, S and PANSART, JP and PASCHIEVICI, P and PATRICK, GN and PAZJAOSHVILI, N and PEARCE, MJ and PFISTER, P and PILCHER, JE and PINFOLD, J and PITMAN, D and PLANE, DE and POFFENBERGER, P and POLI, B and PRITCHARD, TW and PRZYSIEZNIAK, H and QUAST, G and REDMOND, MW and REES, DL and RICHARDS, GE and RISON, M and ROBINS, SA and ROBINSON, D and ROLLNIK, A and RONEY, JM and ROS, E and ROSSBERG, S and ROSSI, AM and ROSVICK, M and ROUTENBURG, P and RUNGE, K and RUNOLFSSON, O and RUST, DR and SASAKI, M and SBARRA, C and SCHAILE, AD and SCHAILE, O and SCHAPPERT, W and SCHARF, F and SCHARFFHANSEN, P and SCHENK, P and SCHMITT, B and VONDERSCHMITT, H and SCHRODER, M and SCHULTZCOULON, HC and SCHUTZ, P and SCHULZ, M and SCHWICK, C and SCHWIENING, J and SCOTT, WG and SETTLES, M and SHEARS, TG and SHEN, BC and SHEPHERDTHEMISTOCLEOUS, CH and SHERWOOD, P and SIROLI, GP and SKILLMAN, A and SKUJA, A and SMITH, AM and SMITH, TJ and SNOW, GA and SOBIE, R and SPRINGER, RW and SPROSTON, M and STAHL, A and STEGMANN, C and STEPHENS, K and STEUERER, J and STROHMER, R and STROM, D and TAKEDA, H and TAKESHITA, T and TAREM, S and TECCHIO, M and TEIXEIRADIAS, P and TESCH, N and THOMSON, MA and TORRENTELUJAN, E and TOWERS, S and TRANSTROMER, G and TRESILIAN, NJ and TSUKAMOTO, T and TURNER, MF and VANDENPLAS, D and VANKOOTEN, R and VANDALEN, GJ and VASSEUR, G and WAGNER, A and WAGNER, DL and WAHL, C and WARD, CP and WARD, DR and WARD, JJ and WATKINS, PM and WATSON, AT and WATSON, NK and WEBER, P and WELLS, PS and WERMES, N and WHALLEY, MA and WILKENS, B and WILSON, GW and WILSON, JA and WINTERER, VH and WLODEK, T and WOLF, G and WOTTON, S and WYATT, TR and YAARI, R and YEAMAN, A and YEKUTIELI, G and YURKO, M and ZEUNER, W and ZORN, GT (1994) MULTIPLICITY AND TRANSVERSE-MOMENTUM CORRELATIONS IN MULTIHADRONIC FINAL-STATES IN E(+)E(-) INTERACTIONS AT ROOT-S=91.2 GEV. PHYS LETT B , 320 (3-4) 417 - 430.

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Abstract

We report a study of forward-backward multiplicity correlations and a measurement of the dependence on charged multiplicity of the mean transverse momentum of charged hadrons, measured with respect to the thrust axis. The study was performed on a high statistics sample of Z(0) decays to multihadronic final states collected by the OPAL Collaboration at LEP. The positive forward-backward multiplicity correlation observed in our inclusive sample can be understood in terms of a superposition of distinct event topologies characterized by a different amount of hard gluon radiation (2-, 3- and 4-jet events) and with different mean multiplicities. The residual positive correlation that we see in a clean 2-jet sample can be interpreted in terms of fragmentation properties of different quark flavours and of the production and decay of resonances. We have compared the observed effects with the predictions of QCD-based parton shower models. The data are well described by the Jetset 7.3 Monte Carlo, while Herwig 5.5 does not satisfactorily reproduce the measured correlations. Hard gluon radiation is also shown to be responsible for the observed increase of about 40% in the mean transverse momentum of produced charged hadrons in the multiplicity range from 10 to 30. The comparison with the results obtained in an analysis of a sample enriched in Z(0) --> b $$($) over bar b events, shows that the presence of heavy flavours does not contribute significantly to the observed effect.

Type:Article
Title:MULTIPLICITY AND TRANSVERSE-MOMENTUM CORRELATIONS IN MULTIHADRONIC FINAL-STATES IN E(+)E(-) INTERACTIONS AT ROOT-S=91.2 GEV
Keywords:HADRON-HADRON-COLLISIONS, ELECTRON-POSITRON-ANNIHILATION, CHARGED-PARTICLE MULTIPLICITY, ANTI-PROTON COLLIDER, E+E ANNIHILATION, MONTE-CARLO, MULTIPARTICLE PRODUCTION, PETRA ENERGIES, ISR ENERGIES, DEPENDENCE
UCL classification:UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy

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