Description of soft diffraction in the framework of reggeon calculus. Predictions for LHC

TL;DR

This paper presents a Reggeon calculus-based model for soft diffraction at high energies, successfully describing experimental data and predicting outcomes for LHC energies by including absorptive corrections.

Contribution

It introduces a model based on Gribov's Reggeon calculus that incorporates absorptive corrections for accurate predictions of soft diffraction at high energies.

Findings

Good agreement with experimental data on inelastic soft diffraction

Model provides predictions for LHC energies

Absorptive corrections are crucial for accurate modeling

Abstract

A model, based on Gribov's Reggeon calculus, is proposed and applied to processes of soft diffraction at high energies. It is shown that by accounting for absorptive corrections for all legs of triple-Regge and loop diagrams a good description of experimental data on inelastic soft diffraction can be obtained. In this paper we give a brief description of the model and of its predictions for LHC energies.