Published April 1, 2003
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Journal article
Extracting the Pomeron-Pomeron cross section from diffractive mass spectra
- 1. Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Nuclear Theory Department (Zd-PVIII), ul. Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw (Poland)
- 2. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, C.P. 66318, 05389-970 Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Description
We calculate the mass distribution (dσ/dMX) as observed by the UA8 Collaboration in the inclusive reaction pp-bar→pXp-bar at √(s)=630 GeV, using the interacting gluon model (IGM) with double Pomeron exchange (DPE) included. The only new parameter is the P-P cross section, which we can extract from fitting experimental data. We compare our results with the values obtained in the UA8 study. Assuming a constant Pomeron-Pomeron total cross section (σPP=1 mb), we make predictions for dσ/dMX at Fermilab Tevatron and CERN LHC energies
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.074002;
- arXiv
- arXiv:hep-ph/0209140v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 67
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Journal Page Range
- p. 074002-074002.9
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35075457
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CERN LHC; FERMILAB TEVATRON; GLUON MODEL; INCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS; MASS DISTRIBUTION; MASS SPECTRA; POMERANCHUK PARTICLES; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; QUARK MODEL; TOTAL CROSS SECTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; COMPOSITE MODELS; CROSS SECTIONS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DISTRIBUTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MESONS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRA; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS
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- Notes
- (c) 2003 The American Physical Society