Why Do Total Cross Sections Grow with Energy?

Capella, A.; Chen, Min -Shih; Kugler, M.; Peccei, R. D.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.31.497

Title: Why Do Total Cross Sections Grow with Energy?

Abstract

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.

Authors:

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

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

Publication Date:: 1973-08-13

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1442847

Report Number(s):: SLAC-PUB-1241
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; TRN: US1900934

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 31; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

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                    Capella, A., Chen, Min -Shih, Kugler, M., and Peccei, R. D.. Why Do Total Cross Sections Grow with Energy?.  United States: N. p., 1973. 
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  title        = {Why Do Total Cross Sections Grow with Energy?},

  author       = {Capella, A. and Chen, Min -Shih and Kugler, M. and Peccei, R. D.},

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.31.497},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  number       = 7,

  volume       = 31,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {1973},

  month        = {8}

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