Modified Negative Binomial Description of the Multiplicity Distributions in Lepton-nucleon Scattering

Abstract

It is shown that charged hadron multiplicity distributions in lepton-nucleon scattering are fairly well described by the modified negative binomial distribution in the energy range from 3-4 to 220 GeV. The energy behaviour of the parameter k is similar to the dependence observed for e+e- annihilation.

12 pages, Latex, 2 Poscript figures, epsfig is used, to be published in Physics Letters B

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• Charged Particle Multiplicities in Deep Inelastic Scattering at HERA
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