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Elastic and quasi-elastic $pp$ and $\gamma^\star p$ scattering in the Dipole Model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-03-24 v1

Abstract

We have in earlier papers presented an extension of Mueller's dipole cascade model, which includes sub-leading effects from energy conservation and running coupling as well as colour suppressed saturation effects from pomeron loops via a ``dipole swing''. The model was applied to describe the total and diffractive cross sections in pppp and γp\gamma^*p collisions, and also the elastic cross section in pppp scattering. In this paper we extend the model to describe the corresponding quasi-elastic cross sections in γp\gamma^*p, namely the exclusive production of vector mesons and deeply virtual compton scattering. Also for these reactions we find a good agrement with measured cross sections. In addition we obtain a reasonable description of the tt-dependence of the elastic pppp and quasi-elastic γp\gamma^\star p cross sections.

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@article{arxiv.0807.0325,
  title  = {Elastic and quasi-elastic $pp$ and $\gamma^\star p$ scattering in the Dipole Model},
  author = {Christoffer Flensburg and Gosta Gustafson and Leif Lonnblad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.0325},
  year   = {2009}
}