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The Coulomb-nuclear interference (CNI) has recently been used by the TOTEM Collaboration to analyse proton-proton elastic-scattering data from the LHC and to draw physics conclusions. This paper will present an eikonal calculation of the…
Very precise data on elastic proton-proton scattering at $\sqrt{s}=7$, $8$ and $13$ TeV have been obtained by the TOTEM group at LHC in the near-forward region (momentum transfers down to $|t| = 6 \times 10^{-4}\ {\rm GeV}^2$ at…
We argue that the account of Coulomb-nuclear interference (CNI) in the differential cross-section of elastic $ pp $ scattering may be easily treated without introduction of intermediate IR regularization ("photon mass"). We also indicate…
Detailed analysis of the measurements of differential cross sections in the forward region of pp elastic scattering at 13 TeV in LHC is performed. The structures of the real and imaginary parts of the scattering amplitude are investigated,…
With analytical representation for the pp scattering amplitudes introduced and tested at lower energies, a description of high precision is given of the $d\sigma/dt$ data at $\sqrt{s}$= 13 TeV for all values of the momentum transfer, with…
Nuclear and Coulomb breakup of halo nuclei have been treated often as incoherent processes and structure information have been extracted from their study. The aim of this paper is to clarify whether interference effects and Coulomb-nuclear…
We show that extraction of the quantities} $\rho(s)=\mbox{Re}[T_{N}(s,0)]/\mbox{Im}[T_{N}(s,0)]$ {\it and} $\sigma_{\mbox{tot}}(s)$ {\it from the data on the $pp$ differential cross-section at $\sqrt{s} = 13$} TeV {\it obtained by the}…
This is a critical reconsideration of the standard way of account for Coulomb-nuclear interference in elastic scattering amplitude.
Using a simple eikonal approach to the treatment of Coulomb-nuclear interference and form-factors effects and taking into account the curvature effects in high-energy $pp$ and $\bar{p}p$ scattering, we determine the basic parameters $B$,…
We use a three-body Continuum Discretized Coupled Channel (CDCC) model to investigate Coulomb and nuclear effects in breakup and reaction cross sections. The breakup of the projectile is simulated by a finite number of square integrable…
Within the post-form distorted wave Born approximation wherein pure Coulomb, pure nuclear and their interference terms are treated consistently in a single setup we study the beam energy dependence of the Coulomb-nuclear interference terms…
Polarized pp elastic scattering at small angles in the Coulomb-nuclear interference (CNI) region offers a unique opportunity to study the spin structure of the Pomeron. Electromagnetic effects in elastic amplitude can be equivalently…
Within a theory of breakup reactions formulated in the framework of the post form distorted wave Born approximation, we calculate contributions of the pure Coulomb and the pure nuclear breakup as well as those of their interference terms to…
We compare a few types of high energy reactions which seem to be practical for polarimetry at RHIC. Coulomb-nuclear interference (CNI) in pp elastic scattering leads to a nearly energy-independent left-right asymmetry A_N(t) at small t. The…
This is a brief analysis of the basic formula from arXiv:2007.07827. Some inconsistency has been identified.
This is an improved and extended exposition of the modified formulas for accounting for Coulomb-nuclear interference in hadron scattering which is intended to dispel recently claimed doubts.
Brand-new high-precision data for single-spin asymmetry $A_N(t)$ in small angle elastic $pp$ scattering from the fixed target experiment HJET at BNL at $E_{lab}=100$ and $255 \mbox{ GeV}$, as well as high energy STAR measurements at…
The Coulomb-nuclear interference is studied as a function of the projectile ground-state binding energy in the 8Li + 12C and 8Li + 208Pb breakup reactions, by considering an arbitrary range for the 8Li ground-state binding energies…
The breakup of $^8$B on $^{58}$Ni below the Coulomb barrier was measured recently with the aim of determining the Coulomb breakup components. We reexamine this reaction, and perform one step quantum-mechanical calculations that include E1,…
We present a simple new approach to the treatment of Coulomb-nuclear interference and form-factor effects in high-energy proton-proton scattering in the context of eikonal models for the scattering amplitude. We show that the corrections to…