How well can we predict the total cross section at the LHC?
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2015-05-13 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
Independently of any theory, the possibility that the large value of the Tevatron cross section claimed by CDF is correct suggests that the total cross section at the LHC may be large. Because of the experimental and theoretical uncertainities, the best prediction is mb.
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@article{arxiv.0811.0260,
title = {How well can we predict the total cross section at the LHC?},
author = {P V Landshoff},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.0260},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Talk given at Diffraction 2008, September 2008 4 pages, 4 figures