Saturation effects in elastic scattering at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper investigates how the Black Disk Limit influences the extraction of fundamental parameters in hadron elastic scattering at the LHC, highlighting potential saturation effects in high-energy scattering regimes.

Contribution

It introduces an analysis of the impact of the Black Disk Limit on parameter extraction in hadron elastic scattering at the LHC.

Findings

Black Disk Limit affects parameter determination

Saturation effects become significant at LHC energies

Implications for interpreting elastic scattering data

Abstract

The problems linked to the extraction of the basic parameters of the hadron elastic scattering amplitude at the LHC are explored. The impact of the Black Disk Limit (BDL)$-$ which constitutes a new regime of the scattering processes - on the determination of these values is examined.