Eur. Phys. J. C (2006) 48: 215-221
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2006-02623-6
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2006-02623-6
Theoretical Physics
The Rényi entropy H2 as a rigorous, measurable lower bound for the entropy of the interaction region in multi-particle production processes
1
M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagellonian University Cracow, Reymonta 4, 30 059, Krakow, Poland
2
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Cracow, Poland
* e-mail: zalewski@if.uj.edu.pl
Received:
13
June
2006
Published online:
22
August
2006
A model-independent lower bound on the entropy S of the multi-particle system produced in high energy collisions, provided by the measurable Rényi entropy H2, is shown to be very effective. Estimates show that the ratio H2/S remains close to one half for all realistic values of the parameters.
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