Neutral-charged particle correlations in proton-proton collisions in the framework of a two-component model

Abstract

The data on N̅_o(n_-), the average number of neutrals as a function of n-, the number of negatively charged particles produced, is fitted at 69, 205 and 303 GeV/c. The two-component model used for the charged multiplicity distributionP n, is one which envisages two distinct types of collisions and is the simplest such model consistent with charge conservation. We find that the data on N̅̅_o(n_-) can be fitted reasonably well. Further, our results, based on this model for Pn, suggest that at 50 GeV/c, N_o(n_-)should increase linearly with n_- and that neutral-negative correlations should be present in the central component.