Investigation of theW andQ 2 dependence of charged pion distributions inμ p scattering
European Physical Journal C(1986)
Abstract
TheW andQ2 dependence of the fragmentation functions and of the average multiplicity of charged pions is investigated, using data from the NA9 experiment at the CERN SPS on muon-proton scattering at 280 GeV. A significant increase of pion production with increasingW is observed at fixedQ2, leading to a rise of the average charged pion multiplicity, linear in lnW2, and of the pion fragmentation function in the central region, i.e. at small |x F |. This increase can be understood from the kinematic widening of the cms rapidity range proportional to lnW2 and the observedW independent height of the rapidity distribution. At fixedW, a rise of the average charged pion multiplicity withQ2 is observed. This rise appears to be weaker than that observed for all charged hadrons implying a stronger rise withQ2 for kaons and protons.
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Key words
Field Theory, Elementary Particle, Quantum Field Theory, Central Region, Particle Acceleration
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