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Jacobian Peak

  A peak in a probability distribution which can be understood as due to the variation of a Jacobi determinant. For example, if an invariant cross-section falls off exponentially with transverse momentum pT,

then the distribution of pT,

will have a peak at pT=1/a.



Rudolf K. Bock, 7 April 1998