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Model-independent Odderon results based on new TOTEM data on elastic pp collisions at 8 TeV

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-06-27 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Evaluating the H(x, s; pp) scaling function of elastic proton-proton (pp) collisions from recent TOTEM data at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV and comparing it with the same function of elastic proton-antiproton (pp-) data of the D0 collaboration at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV, we find, from this comparison alone, an at least 3.79 sigma {\signal} of Odderon exchange. If we combine this model independently obtained result with that of a similar analysis but using TOTEM elastic pp scattering data at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV, which resulted in an at least 6.26 {\sigma} signal, the combined significance of Odderon exchange increases to at least 7.08 {\sigma}, model independently. Further combinations of various datasets in the TeV energy range are detailed in the manuscript

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@article{arxiv.2405.06733,
  title  = {Model-independent Odderon results based on new TOTEM data on elastic pp collisions at 8 TeV},
  author = {T. Csörgő and T. Novák and R. Pasechnik and A. Ster and I. Szanyi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.06733},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

18 pages, 6 figures, presented at 52nd International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics (ISMD 2023), Aug 21 - 26, 2023, MATE-KRC, Gy\"ongy\"os, Hungary