Why Do Total Cross Sections Grow with Energy?

Journal Article · 13 August 1973 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.31.497 · OSTI ID:1442847

Capella, A. ^[1]; Chen, Min -Shih ^[2]; Kugler, M. ^[2]; Peccei, R. D. ^[3]

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1. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States). Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; Theorique et Particules Elementaires, Orsay (France)
2. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States). Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
3. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States). Inst. of Theoretical Physics; Weizmann Inst., Rehovot (Israel)

By using exact inclusive sum rules we infer that the growth with energy of the total pp cross section is connected with the mechanism which is responsible for the appearance of a sharp peak near the kinematical boundary in the process p + p → p + anything. Here we discuss this mechanism in the context of Regge models and suggest tests of this idea which involve K⁺p scattering experiments.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 1442847
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-1241; PRLTAO; TRN: US1900934
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 31, Issue 7; ISSN 0031-9007
• Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English