Critical Exponents and Particle Multiplicity Distributions in High Energy Collisions

TL;DR

This paper analyzes high energy collision data using a statistical model with critical exponents, finding consistency with a Feynman-Wilson gas model characterized by specific tau and alpha values.

Contribution

It introduces a statistical model with critical exponents to analyze multiplicity distributions in high energy collisions, linking data to a Feynman-Wilson gas framework.

Findings

High multiplicity events align with tau=3/2 and alpha=1/2.

Data supports a Feynman-Wilson gas model.

Critical exponents describe particle multiplicity distributions.

Abstract

Data from the L3, Tasso, Opal and Delphi collaborations are analyzed in terms of a statistical model of high energy collisions. The model contains a power law critical exponent tau and Levy index alpha. These data are used to study values of tau and alpha. The very high multiplicity events in L3, Opal and Delphi are consistent with a model based on a Feynman-Wilson gas which has a tail exponent tau=3/2 and alpha=1/2.