Amplitude structure in proton-proton elastic scattering

E. Gotsman*, U. Maor

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Abstract

A comprehensive study of forward elastic proton-proton scattering over a wide energy range 10 ≤ s ≤ 3000 GeV2, is carried out in terms of s-channel helicity amplitudes. A hybrid model is constructed in which the pomeron exchange is represented by the sum of Bessel functions parameterizing the proton core and periphery; this is augmented by the exchange of Regge trajectories which contribute to the helicity single and double flip amplitudes, and have a dynamical dependence determined by a cylindrical Bessel function of order one. Our model yields a reasonable fit simultaneously to the measured total and differential cross sections, the ratio of Re ø1(s, 0)/Im ø1(s, 0), the polarization and correlation tensor in the energy range mentioned above, and for momentum trasfer squared values, -t < 3 GeV2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)167-185
Number of pages19
JournalNuclear Physics, Section B
Volume96
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Sep 1975

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