Koba-Nielsen-Olesen scaling and production mechanism in high-energy collisions

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.28.1080· OSTI ID:5811169

Kuang-chao, C; Lian-sou, L; Ta-chung, M

An analysis of the existing data on photoproduction and electroproduction of protons is made. Koba-Nielsen-Olesen (KNO) scaling is observed in both cases. The scaling function of the nondiffractive ..gamma..p processes turns out to be the same as that for nondiffractive hadron-hadron collisions, but the scaling function for deep-inelastic e/sup -/p collisions is very much different from that for e/sup -/e/sup +/ annihilation processes. Taken together with the observed difference in KNO scaling functions in e/sup -/e/sup +/ annihilation and nondiffractive hadron-hadron processes these empirical facts provide further evidence for the conjecture: The KNO scaling function of a given collision process reflects its reaction mechanism. Arguments for this conjecture are given in terms of a semiclassical picture. It is shown that, in the framework of the proposed picture, explicit expressions for the above-mentioned KNO scaling functions can be derived from rather general assumptions.

• Research Organization: Institute of Theoretical Physics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China
• OSTI ID: 5811169
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Vol. 28:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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