Hadronic Cross sections: from cyclotrons to colliders to cosmic rays

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that all hadronic total cross sections saturate the Froissart bound at high energies, unifying data from cyclotrons, colliders, and cosmic rays over a wide energy range.

Contribution

It provides evidence for Froissart bound saturation across all hadronic total cross sections, unifying experimental data from diverse high-energy sources.

Findings

Froissart bound saturation observed at high energies

Unified description of $pp$ and $ar p p$ cross sections from 4 GeV to 80 TeV

Consistent high-energy behavior across different experimental platforms

Abstract

We present evidence for the saturation of the Froissart bound at high energy for {\em all hadronic} total cross sections at high energies, and use this to unify $pp$ (and $\bar p p$) total cross sections over the energy range from cyclotrons to colliders to ultra-high energy cosmic rays, an energy span from $\sqrt s = 4$ GeV to 80 TeV.