Modified combinant analysis of the e+e− multiplicity distributions

Abstract

As shown recently, one can obtain additional information from the measured charged particle multiplicity distributions, [Formula: see text], by extracting information from the modified combinants, [Formula: see text]. This information is encoded in their specific oscillatory behavior, which can be described only by some combinations of compound distributions such as the Binomial Distribution. This idea has been applied to [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] processes thus far. In this note, we show that an even stronger effect is observed in the [Formula: see text] deduced from [Formula: see text] collisions. We present its possible explanation in terms of the Generalized Multiplicity Distribution (GMD) proposed some time ago.