Multiparticle variables for high-energy reactions

A new approach to the analysis of detailed high-energy experiments leading to multiparticle final states is suggested. We construct several multiparticle variables, i.e., variables whose value depends in each event on all or most of the particles produced in this event. The one-dimensional distributions of such variables offer a clearer distinction between the various models and pictures for multiparticle processes and could conceivably facilitate the discovery of new patterns.