Elastic hadron scattering and optical theorem

Abstract

All contemporary phenomenological models of elastic hadronic scattering have been based in principle on the assumption of optical theorem validity that has been overtaken from optics. It will be shown that the given theorem which has not been actually proved in particle physics cannot be applied to short-ranged strong interactions. The analysis of corresponding collision experiments is to be done under new basic assumptions. The actual progress in description of hadronic collision processes might then exist only if the initial states are specified on the basis of impact parameter values of colliding particles and probability dependence on this parameter is established, without limiting corresponding conclusion by optical theorem validity.Comment: 11 pages, improved text to emphasize invalidity of optical theorem in short-ranged hadronic collisions and the necessity of looking for some new description of elastic hadronic scattering which would not be based on this theore