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Colliding Pomerons

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-08-14 v2

Abstract

We recall the main properties of inclusive particle distributions expected for Pomeron-proton and Pomeron-Pomeron interactions. Due to the small size of the Pomeron we expect larger transverse momenta of secondaries and a smaller probability of Multiple Interactions, that is a narrower multiplicity distribution. We propose to compare the spectra of secondaries produced in the Pomeron and the proton interactions in terms of the Feynman xFx_F variable. The main difference should be observed for a relatively large xFx_F, that is near the edge of rapidity gaps. Such data offer the opportunity to illuminate the properties of the `soft' or `Regge' Pomeron, which drives the minimum-bias type of events in high energy pppp interactions. Besides this, there should be a good opportunity to observe a glueball in the Pomeron fragmentation region.

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@article{arxiv.1907.04603,
  title  = {Colliding Pomerons},
  author = {V. A. Khoze and A. D. Martin and M. G. Ryskin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.04603},
  year   = {2019}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure, text improved, to be published in J.Phys.G-letters

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