Non-statistical fluctuation in compound multiplicity distribution in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions—factorial correlator study

Abstract

An investigation of non-statistical fluctuation of the compound multiplicity spectrum in 32S–AgBr interactions at 200 AGeV in terms of factorial correlators is presented. It is observed that the correlated moments increase with decrease in bin–bin separation D, following a power law, which suggests the presence of an intermittent nature of self-similar dynamical fluctuation patterns in the compound multiplicity spectrum. The data also support the α model of intermittency.