Study of rapidity gaps in e(sup +)e(sup (minus)) (yields) Z(sup 0) events

摘要

Distributions of rapidity gaps between charged particles are studied in Z(sup 0) decay events recorded by the SLD experiment at SLAC. We find that our measured gap spectra are well modeled by standard Monte Carlo simulations of hadronisation. Gaps in hadronic events are studied as a function of event primary flavor, jet multiplicity and total charged multiplicity.