Parton branching in the color mutation model - art. no. 097501

The soft production problem in hadronic collisions as described in the eiko nal color mutation branching model is improved in the way that the initial parton distribution is treated. Furry branching of the partons is considere d as a means of describing the nonperturbative process of parton reproducti on in the soft interaction. The values of all the moments, [n] and C-q, for q = 2, ..., 5, as well as their energy dependences, can be correctly deter mined by the use of only two parameters. [S0556-2821(99)02421-2].