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Traveling wave solution of the Reggeon Field Theory (EPS proceedings)

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-20 v1 Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We identify the nonlinear evolution equation in impact-parameter space for the "Supercritical Pomeron" in Reggeon Field Theory as a 2-dimensional stochastic Fisher and Kolmogorov-Petrovski-Piscounov equation. It exactly preserves unitarity and leads in its radial form to an high energy traveling wave solution corresponding to an "universal" behavior of the impact-parameter front profile of the elastic amplitude; Its rapidity dependence and form depend only on one parameter, the noise strength, independently of the initial conditions and of the non-linear terms restoring unitarity. Theoretical predictions are presented for the three typical different regimes corresponding to zero, weak and strong noise, respectively. They have phenomenological implications for total and differential hadronic cross-sections at colliders.

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@article{arxiv.0909.5612,
  title  = {Traveling wave solution of the Reggeon Field Theory (EPS proceedings)},
  author = {Robi Peschanski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.5612},
  year   = {2014}
}

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4pages, 1 figure, Proceedings of the EPS 2009 conference, Cracow, July 2009