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The Bialas-Bzdak model of elastic proton-proton scattering is generalized to the case when the real part of the parton-parton level forward scattering amplitude is non-vanishing. Such a generalization enables the model to describe well the…
The elastic scattering $^{16}$O$+^{12}$C angular distributions at $^{16}$O bombarding energies of 100.0, 115.9 and 124.0 MeV and their optical model description including the $\alpha$-particle exchange contribution calculated in the Coupled…
We consider the first LHC data for elastic pp scattering in the framework of Regge theory with multiple Pomeron exchanges. The simplest eikonal approach allows one to describe differential elastic cross sections at LHC, as well as pp and…
We investigate the form-factor dependence of Reggeized tensor Pomeron and Odderon exchanges in high-energy elastic $pp$ and $p\bar p$ scattering. The spin structure is implemented through explicit covariant spin-2 and spin-3 projectors,…
An almost model-independent parametrization for the ratio of the total cross section to the elastic slope, as function of the center of mass energy, is introduced. The analytical result is based on the approximate relation of this quantity…
We consider simple-pole descriptions of soft elastic scattering for pp, pbar p, pi+ p, pi- p, K+ p and K- p. We work at t and s small enough for rescatterings to be neglected, and allow for the presence of a hard pomeron. After building and…
Using the AdS/CFT correspondence and the eikonal approximation, we evaluate the elastic parton-parton scattering amplitude at large $N$ and strong coupling $g^2N$ in N=4 SYM. We obtain a scattering amplitude with a Regge behavior that…
The question is discussed: to what extent the often assumed independence of the phase of the elastic scattering amplitude from the momentum transfer \textit{in the region of only small values} of $ t $ limits $ t $-dependence of the phase…
We analyse the tension between the (indirect) measurements of the total cross section, and show the impact of various assumptions on the extraction of the parameters from the elastic scattering amplitude, with a special attention to the…
We investigate the cross sections of the elastic electron or positron scattering from $^{208}$Pb, $^{12}$C, $^{12,16}$O and $^{28, 32}$S by the relativistic partial-wave expansion method using the static charge density distribution from the…
The first data from the TOTEM experiment agree well with Regge theory, and demand a hard-pomeron contribution.
An inclusion of sharp resonant $0_3^+$ state of $^{16}$O and first excited $2_1^+$ state of $^{12}$C in a study of $s$-wave elastic $\alpha$-$^{12}$C scattering at low energies is investigated in an effective Lagrangian approach. The…
The precise determination of the proton radius from recent elastic scattering electron-proton data is discussed. The necessary precision on the elastic cross section to discriminate among the values coming from atomic spectroscopy is…
We calculate the complete closed string high energy scattering amplitudes (HSA) in the Regge regime for arbitrary mass levels. As an application, we deduce the complete ratios among closed string HSA in the fixed angle regime by using…
A simple Regge-eikonal model with the eikonal represented as a single-reggeon-exchange term is applied to description of the nucleon-nucleon elastic diffractive scattering at ultra-high energies. The range of validity of the proposed…
We provide a statistically significant observation of the elusive Odderon exchange, based on novel and model-independent analysis of the scaling properties of the differential cross sections of elastic $pp$ and $p\bar p$ scattering in the…
A sum rule is derived for elastic scattering of hadrons at high energies which is in good agreement with experimental data on $p\bar{p}$ available upto the maximum energy $\sqrt{s} = 2 TeV$. Physically, our sum rule reflects the way…
We show that a generalized Regge behaviour, $$Im F(s,t)\simeq \Phi(t)(\log s/\hat{s})^{\nu(t)}(s/\hat{s})^{\alpha_P(t)},\quad{\rm for} |t|<|t_0|, s\to\infty$$ where $\Phi(t)\simeq e^{bt}$, $\alpha_P(t)\simeq \alpha_P(0)+\alpha'_P(0)t$, and…
Elastic electron-3He scattering is studied in the relativistic impulse approximation. The amplitudes for the three-nucleon system - 3He - are obtained by solving the relativistic generalization of the Faddeev equation. The charge and…