Measurement of charged particle multiplicity distributions in DIS at HERA and its implication to entanglement entropy of partons

TL;DR

This paper measures charged particle multiplicity distributions in deep inelastic scattering at HERA, compares data with models, and explores implications for entanglement entropy of partons, providing insights into quantum aspects of proton structure.

Contribution

It presents the first detailed measurement of multiplicity distributions in DIS at HERA and tests quantum entanglement models against experimental data.

Findings

Multiplicity distributions follow KNO scaling.

Data agrees with certain Monte Carlo models.

Hadron entropy correlates with quantum entanglement predictions.

Abstract

Charged particle multiplicity distributions in positron-proton deep inelastic scattering at a centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=319$ GeV are measured. The data are collected with the H1 detector at HERA corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $136$ pb${}^{-1}$. Charged particle multiplicities are measured as a function of photon virtuality $Q^2$, inelasticity $y$ and pseudorapidity $\eta$ in the laboratory and the hadronic centre-of-mass frames. Predictions from different Monte Carlo models are compared to the data. The first and second moments of the multiplicity distributions are determined and the KNO scaling behaviour is investigated. The multiplicity distributions as a function of $Q^2$ and the Bjorken variable $x_{\rm Bj}$ are converted to the hadron entropy $S_{\rm hadron}$, and predictions from a quantum entanglement model are tested.