Charge structure of multiparticle final states inppcollisions at 102 and 400 GeV/c

Abstract

We investigate the distribution of charge in events produced by $pp$ collisions at 102 and 400 GeV/c. The data are from exposures of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 30-in. bubble chamber. A comparison of the energy dependence of the data with Monte Carlo simulations of random charge distributions provides support for the hypothesis of local compensation of charge. Results on charge transfer are in qualitative agreement with predictions of an independent neutral-cluster emission model.