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Geometric Scaling and the Odderon

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-07-18 v1

Abstract

Based on geometric scaling of elastic pppp and possibly ppˉp\bar{p} cross-sections, we derive simple formulae for the complex crossing-even and crossing-odd scattering amplitudes in terms of two interaction radii: R(s)R(s) and Q(s)Q(s), respectively. Employing the COMPETE parametrization of the total cross-sections, we reproduce ρpp\rho^{pp} and ρppˉ\rho^{p\bar{p}} parameters with high accuracy, however we miss the 13~TeV TOTEM and ATLAS points. We show that a slight modification of the ppˉp\bar{p} total cross-section corresponding to the Odderon, allows to accommodate ρpp\rho^{pp} 13~TeV data.

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@article{arxiv.2607.16907,
  title  = {Geometric Scaling and the Odderon},
  author = {Michal Praszalowicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.16907},
  year   = {2026}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures