2002/10/31 by M. M. Islam, M. M. ISLAM, R. J. Luddy +3 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217732303009897
published as Mod.Phys.Lett. A18 (2003) 743-752 · 13 pages, 6 figures, to be published in the Modern Physics Letters A
arxiv created 2003/03/14 · openalex publication_date 2003/04/10 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
High energy elastic pp scattering at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at c.m. energy 14 TeV is predicted using the asymptotic behavior of σ tot (s) and ρ(s) known from dispersion relation calculations and the measured elastic [Formula: see text] differential cross-section at [Formula: see text]. The effective field theory model underlying the phenomenological analysis describes the nucleon as having an outer cloud of quark–antiquark condensed ground state, an inner core of topological baryonic charge of radius ≃ 0.44 F and a still smaller valence quark-bag of radius ≲ 0.1 F. The LHC experiment TOTEM (Total and Elastic Measurement), if carried out with sufficient precision from |t| = 0 to |t| > 10 GeV 2 , will be able to test this structure of the nucleon.