Thermodynamics of quark jets. I

Abstract

A model for quark jets based on the thermodynamics of a one-dimensional quark gas in a grand canonical ensemble is presented. The model makes predictions about such properties of jets as multiplicity and Koba-Nielsen-Olesen (KNO) scaling. A generalization to higher dimensions is out-lined. KNO scaling in the statistical description of many-particle phenomena is also examined. © 1984 The American Physical Society.