Soft colour interactions in hadron-hadron hard diffraction

TL;DR

This paper explores the soft color interaction (SCI) model's phenomenological success in describing diffractive deep inelastic scattering (DDIS) and investigates its theoretical basis through the low constituent model to explain soft color rearrangements.

Contribution

It demonstrates that the main features of the SCI model can be derived from the low constituent model, linking phenomenology with a theoretical framework.

Findings

SCI model accurately describes DDIS cross-sections

Low constituent model can explain soft color rearrangement

Applicability of low constituent model to DDIS is discussed

Abstract

SCI model gives a good and natural description of DDIS cross-sections. Howevere, this model is pure phenomenological, and does not explain the nature of soft color rearrangment. In this paper we argue, that the most capabilities of SCI model can be derived from low constituent model and overview applicability of low constituent model to DDIS processes.