Evidence for color fluctuations in hadrons from coherent nuclear diffraction

Journal Article · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2859· OSTI ID:5752830

Frankfurt, L ^[1]; Miller, G A ^[2]; Strikman, M ^[3]

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1. Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv (Israel)
2. Department of Physcis, FM-15, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 (United States)
3. Department of Physcis, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16801 (United States)

A QCD-based treatment of projectile size fluctuations is used to compute inelastic diffractive cross sections [sigma][sub diff] for coherent hadron-nuclear processes. We find that fluctuations near the average size give the major contribution to the cross section with [lt] few % contribution from small size configurations. The computed values of [sigma][sub diff] are consistent with the limited available data. The importance of coherent diffraction studies for a wide range of projectiles for high energy Fermilab fixed target experiments is emphasized. The implications of these significant color fluctuations for relativistic heavy ion collisions are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 5752830
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 71:18; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
COLOR
FLUCTUATIONS
HADRON REACTIONS
COHERENT SCATTERING
DIFFRACTION
CROSS SECTIONS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
FIELD THEORIES
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
SCATTERING
VARIATIONS
663300* - Nuclear Reactions & Scattering
General- (1992-)
662340 - Hadron Interactions- (1992-)
663430 - Nucleon-Induced Reactions & Scattering- (1992-)
663460 - Meson- & Hyperon-induced Reactions & Scattering- (1992-)