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Inclusive cross sections of proton-proton and proton-antiproton scattering

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-12-01 v2

Abstract

We have predicted the difference in inclusive cross sections on pseudorapidity in dσppˉ/dη{\rm d}\sigma^{p\bar{p}}/{\rm d}\eta and dσpp/dη{\rm d}\sigma^{pp}/{\rm d}\eta interactions at s=900\sqrt{s}=900~GeV. Their ratio R=(dσppˉ/dη)/(dσpp/dη)>1R=\left({\rm d}\sigma^{p\bar{p}}/{\rm d}\eta\right)\left/\left({\rm d}\sigma^{pp}/{\rm d}\eta\right)\right.>1 in the whole pseudorapidity range. On the basis of AGK theorem we show that the ratio of inclusive cross sections of pppp and ppˉp\bar{p} at s=900\sqrt{s}=900~GeV in the region of low transverse momenta pp_\perp up to 2~GeV (12πpd2σppˉdηdp)/(12πpd2σppdηdp)=R\left(\frac{1}{2\pi p_\perp}\frac{{\rm d}^2\sigma^{p\bar{p}}}{{\rm d}\eta {\rm d}p_\perp}\right)\left/\left(\frac{1}{2\pi p_\perp}\frac{{\rm d}^2\sigma^{pp}}{{\rm d}\eta {\rm d}p_\perp}\right)\right.=R. Experimental measurements by the ATLAS Coll. give value R1.2R\simeq1.2 for interval η<2.5|\eta|<2.5. The difference in inclusive cross sections results from presence of additional subprocess in ppˉp\bar{p} -- hadrons production from decay of three quark strings, which is absent in pppp scattering.

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@article{arxiv.1010.5258,
  title  = {Inclusive cross sections of proton-proton and proton-antiproton scattering},
  author = {V. A. Abramovsky and N. V. Radchenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.5258},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Talk presented at the ISMD 2010, Antwerp (Belgium). Some typos are corrected