ISSN:
1434-6052
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The density of charged particles near a single highp T trigger particle in proton-proton collisions has been studied with the SFM detector at the CERN-ISR. It is shown that:—the secondaries cluster in a jet-like manner about the trigger particle; —the momentum distributions in this trigger jet can be unambiguously separated from the spectator background distributions;—the momentum distributions in this trigger jet can be unambiguously separated from the spectator background distributions;—the momentum component transverse to the jet direction is exponentially damped;—the width of the transverse distributions increases with the momentum component along the jet;—the fractional longitudinal momentum density depends strongly on the trigger transverse momentum and scales with $$x_T = {{2p_T } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{2p_T } {\sqrt s }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\sqrt s }}$$ . All these findings support the hard constituent scattering origin of highp T hadrons.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01558036