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The Phillips - Barger model for the elastic cross section and the Odderon
Inspired by the recent TOTEM data for the elastic proton -- proton ()
scattering at 8 and 13 TeV, we update previous studies of the
differential cross sections using the Phillips -- Barger (PB) model, which
parametrizes the amplitude in terms of a small number of free parameters. We
demonstrate that this model is able to describe the recent data on a
statistically acceptable way. Additionally, we perform separate fits of the
data for each center - of - mass energy and propose a parametrization for
the energy dependence of the parameters present in the PB model. As a
consequence, we are able to present the PB predictions for the elastic proton -
proton cross section at GeV and TeV, which are compared
with the existing antiproton -- proton () data. We show that the PB
predictions, constrained by the data, are not able to describe the
data. In particular, the PB model predicts a dip in the differential
cross section that is not present in the data. Such result suggests
the contribution of the Odderon exchange at high energies.Comment: 6 pages, 4 tables, 2 figures, results updated, matches published
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Discrete and continuous symmetries in multi-Higgs-doublet models
We consider the Higgs sector of multi-Higgs-doublet models in the presence of
simple symmetries relating the various fields. We construct basis invariant
observables which may in principle be used to detect these symmetries for any
number of doublets. A categorization of the symmetries into classes is
required, which we perform in detail for the case of two and three Higgs
doublets.Comment: 13 pages, RevTex, references adde
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