50 research outputs found
Triple-Pomeron Matrix Model for Dispersive Corrections to Nucleon-Nucleus Total Cross Section
Dispersive corrections to the total cross section for high-energy scattering
from a heavy nucleus are calculated using a matrix model, based on the
triple-Pomeron behavior of diffractive scattering from a single nucleon, for
the cross section operator connecting different states of the projectile
nucleon . Energy-dependent effects due to the decrease in longitudinal momentum
transfers and the opening of more channels with increasing energy are included.
The three leading terms in an expansion in the number of inelastic transitions
are evaluated and compared to exact results for the model in the uniform
nuclear density approximation for the the scattering of nucleons from Pb^{208}
for laboratory momenta ranging from 50 to 200 GeV/c.Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures, RevTex
Nuclear shadowing in deep inelastic scattering on nuclei: leading twist versus eikonal approaches
We use several diverse parameterizations of diffractive parton distributions,
extracted in leading twist QCD analyses of the HERA diffractive deep inelastic
scattering (DIS) data, to make predictions for leading twist nuclear shadowing
of nuclear quark and gluon distributions in DIS on nuclei. We find that the
HERA diffractive data are sufficiently precise to allow us to predict large
nuclear shadowing for gluons and quarks, unambiguously. We performed detailed
studies of nuclear shadowing for up and charm sea quarks and gluons within
several scenarios of shadowing and diffractive slopes, as well as at central
impact parameters. We compare these leading twist results with those obtained
from the eikonal approach to nuclear shadowing (which is based on a very
different space-time picture) and observe sharply contrasting predictions for
the size and Q^2-dependence of nuclear shadowing. The most striking differences
arise for the interaction of small dipoles with nuclei, in particular for the
longitudinal structure function F_{L}^{A}.Comment: 43 pages, 16 figures, requires JHEP style fil
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Measurement of total cross sections on hydrogen and deuterium
Total cross sections of {pi}{sup {+-}}, K{sup {+-}}, p and {bar p} on hydrogen and deuterium are to be measured at about eight energies between 20 GeV and the maximum available energy. An accuracy of about one part in one thousand will yield the energy dependence of cross sections, comparisons of cross sections within SU(3) supermultiplets, and stringent tests of high energy limiting theorems
Photon-Photon and Pomeron-Pomeron Processes in Peripheral Heavy Ion Collisions
We estimate the cross sections for the production of resonances, pion pairs
and a central cluster of hadrons in peripheral heavy-ion collisions through
two-photon and double-pomeron exchange, at energies that will be available at
RHIC and LHC. The effect of the impact parameter in the diffractive reactions
is introduced, and imposing the condition for realistic peripheral collisions
we verify that in the case of very heavy ions the pomeron-pomeron contribution
is indeed smaller than the electromagnetic one. However, they give a
non-negligible background in the collision of light ions. This diffractive
background will be more important at RHIC than at LHC.Comment: 22 pages, 1 Postscript figures, 4 tables, to appear in Phys. Rev.
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLE INTERACTIONS AT HIGH ENERGIES. Technical Progress Report.
Experimental studies of elementary particle interactions at high energies. Technical progress report
High energy physics research at Rockefeller University is discussed. Results of e/sup +/e/sup -/ pairs experiments at the CERN ISR are summarized along with particles associated with high p/sub T/ ..pi../sup 0/ triggers and direct single ..gamma.. rays. (GHT
EXPERIMENTAL POSSIBILITIES WITH UA-6
Nous discutons certaines possibilités expérimentales avec un faisceau de protons polarisés au SPS et une cible gazeuse d'hydrogène polarisée.We discuss some experimental possibilities at the SPS with a polarized proton beam and a polarized hydrogen gas jet target