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Oscillations in elastic scattering at large momentum transfer at the LHC?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-01-30 v1

Abstract

The available data on elastic scattering at the LHC at large momentum transfer tt in the range 0.05<t<1.0 GeV20.05 <|t|<1.0~\mathrm{GeV}^{2} have been analyzed in terms of possible oscillating structures. A clearly significant structure is seen in the data from the TOTEM collaboration at 13 TeV. Data measured by the same collaboration at 2.76~TeV, 7~TeV and 8~TeV are not statistically significant to confirm or reject the observation at~13 TeV. More data are needed to understand if the effect is real or an experimental artefact

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@article{arxiv.2401.16115,
  title  = {Oscillations in elastic scattering at large momentum transfer at the LHC?},
  author = {Per Grafström},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.16115},
  year   = {2024}
}