Energy evolution of the large-t elastic scattering and its correlation with multiparticle production

TL;DR

This paper discusses how collective effects related to color confinement dominate proton elastic scattering at LHC energies, analyzing deep-elastic scattering and its connection to multiparticle production mechanisms.

Contribution

It introduces a focus on collective dynamics over point-like interactions and explores the role of deep-elastic scattering in understanding asymptotic scattering mechanisms.

Findings

Collective dynamics dominate over point-like mechanisms at LHC energies.

Deep-elastic scattering provides insights into absorptive and reflective asymptotic mechanisms.

Experimental signatures link elastic scattering to multiparticle production processes.

Abstract

It is emphasized that the collective dynamics associated with color confinement is dominating over a point-like mechanism related to a scattering of the proton constituents at the currently available values of the momentum transferred in proton elastic scattering at the LHC. Deep--elastic scattering and its role in the dissimilation of the absorptive and reflective asymptotic scattering mechanisms are discussed with emphasis on the experimental signatures associated with the multiparticle production processes.