Thermodynamical approach in high-energy anti p-p scattering

A non-conventional thermodynamical approach earlier suggested for high-energy collisions is considered in more detail. The approach provides a physical interpretation not only of the shape of the hadron form factor but also of the increase in its radius with energy √s. A precise analysis of experimental data onanti p-p elastic scattering for √s > or approx. 7 GeV is performed with the formulae derived. Predictions in the multi TeV range and comparison of results with recent data of the E 710 Collaboration for 1.8 TeV are made. Agreement occurs when the experimental t-distribution is scaled up by 11%. (orig.)