Multiplicity Distributions Resulting from Multiperipheral Plus Diffractive Production

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Abstract
We discuss the phenomenology of multiplicity distributions in high-energy hadronic collisions in terms of the short-range correlation picture, modified to include diffractive processes leading to low-multiplicity final states. We formulate two models, both of which give reasonable fits to present data on high-energy partial cross sections. Model-independent methods for separating diffractive and multiperipheral production are discussed.