Midrapidity inclusive densities in high energy $pp$ collisions in additive quark model

TL;DR

This paper models high-energy proton-proton collisions using the additive quark model and Pomeron exchange, analyzing midrapidity densities and predicting outcomes for pion-proton interactions.

Contribution

It introduces a method to extract midrapidity inclusive densities from quark-quark collisions within the additive quark model framework.

Findings

Energy dependence of midrapidity densities analyzed

Predictions provided for pion-proton collisions

Model aligns with high-energy experimental data

Abstract

High energy (CERN SPS and LHC) inelastic $pp$ ($p\bar p$) scattering is treated in the framework of additive quark model together with Pomeron exchange theory. We extract the midrapidity inclusive density of the charged secondaries produced in a single quark-quark collision and investigate its energy dependence. Predictions for the $\pi p$ collisions are presented.