Abstract
We present inclusive distributions for final-state hadrons produced in inelastic muon-proton scattering. Over the total energy range GeV and the momentum-transfer range Ge, the fractional momentum and energy distributions approximately scale. Distributions in transverse momentum display an interesting two-component behavior. They show no dependence on the virtual-photon "mass squared" , and have average values typical of other hadron-initiated reactions. A comparison of our distributions with those seen in annihilation and neutrino-nucleon scattering shows agreement, in support of quark-parton fragmentation ideas. We further break these distributions down by event topology.
- Received 30 August 1976
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.15.2425
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