Measurement of asymmetric component in proton-proton collisions

TL;DR

This paper proposes a method to extract the single nucleon fragmentation function in proton-proton collisions using measurements of particle multiplicities and pairs in symmetric and asymmetric bins.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach that utilizes mean particle counts and pairs to determine the fragmentation function from standard multiplicity measurements.

Findings

The method effectively reconstructs the nucleon fragmentation function.

It demonstrates the feasibility of using simple multiplicity measurements for complex fragmentation analysis.

The approach simplifies the experimental procedure for studying proton-proton collision fragmentation.

Abstract

It is argued that a standard measurement of multiplicities in proton-proton collisions is sufficient to construct a single nucleon fragmentation function. A proposed method is based on measurement of mean values of produced particles <n> and pairs of particles <n(n-1)> in symmetric and asymmetric bins