Published October 1, 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum chromodynamics and the rise of hadronic total cross sections

  • 1. Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

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We have computed the sum of all multiparton-production cross sections induced by one hard-gluon exchange in the leading-logarithm approximation of QCD for high-energy hadronic collisions. The rise of hadronic total cross sections is explained by the excess of the rise of parton multiplicities with respect to the decrease of each individual cross section. We have shown that this rise is very sensitive to only one free parameter, namely the mass of the constituent quark, but not to other nonperturbative effects. With a reasonable value of 350 MeV, we have obtained a rise of 15 mb between CERN ISR and collider energies

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
28
Journal Issue
7
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1628-1635
ISSN
0556-2821