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Scaling of the elastic proton-proton cross-section

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-01-27 v2

Abstract

We discuss scaling properties of the elastic pppp cross-section both at the ISR and the LHC. We observe that the ratio of bump to dip positions of the differential cross-section dσel/dtd\sigma_{\rm el}/dt is constant over a wide energy range. We next study the consequences of this property, including geometric scaling at the ISR and new scaling laws at the LHC.

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@article{arxiv.2501.08398,
  title  = {Scaling of the elastic proton-proton cross-section},
  author = {Michał Praszałowicz and Cristian Baldenegro and Christophe Royon and Anna M. Staśto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.08398},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

7 pages, 3 figures. Presented at "Diffraction and Low-$x$ 2024'', Trabia (Palermo, Italy), September 8-14, 2024. In v2 a few typos corrected