RHCPP 99-15 (CONF)
June 1999

 
 

Royal Holloway Centre for Particle Physics


 
Charged particle multiplicity and momenta in e+e- >W-pair decays at 189 GeV
G Cowan et al
 
Abstract
The charged particle multiplicity of W-pair decays is measured with the ALEPH detector at LEP at a cms energy of 189 GeV. This is motivated by the study of possible colour reconnection effects in W-pairs where both decay hadronically. The average charged multiplicity of WW>qqqq is compared with predictions of fragmentation models tuned to measurements performed at the Z peak and with measured multiplicities in WW>qqlv events. It is compatible, both with models without implementation of colour reconnection, and with the models including colour reconnection that are studied here.
 
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