A model is presented to describe pp and pp scattering in the c.m.s. energy range from 5 Gev to 1.8 Tev. Although some attention is paid to properties of the differential cross section, the primary focus is on parametrizing the forward amplitude in a manner consistent with experimental measurements of the total cross section, the rho parameter, and the forward slope. The model is a hybrid, employing Regge Theory for energy dependence, dipole form factors for momentum transfer distributions, and impact parameter eikonalization is used to unitarize the amplitude. The model is first motivated, then the results of fits to data are presented, and finally it is compared to a model based on hard scattering of partons.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.59833 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Wall, Wolfe |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Physics.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001170419, proquestno: AAIMM66446, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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