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Title: Why Do Total Cross Sections Grow with Energy?

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [3]
  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

References (6)

Evidence for Rapidly Rising ρ − ρ Total Cross Section from Cosmic-Ray Data journal April 1972
Inclusive pion distributions at present machine energy journal December 1971
Complex Regge poles and the sign of the two-Pomeranchon discontinuity journal April 1973
Remarks About the Hypothesis of Limiting Fragmentation journal October 1970
Flat Proton Spectrum and Its Implications journal October 1971
Multiplicity Distributions Resulting from Multiperipheral Plus Diffractive Production journal May 1973

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Cross Sections for "Diffractive" p + p → p + X from 100 to 400 GeV journal April 1975

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