Eikonal model analysis of elastic proton-proton collisions at 52.8 GeV and 8 TeV

TL;DR

This paper uses the eikonal model to analyze elastic proton-proton collisions at 52.8 GeV and 8 TeV, challenging previous interpretations and suggesting protons are more peripheral in elastic interactions, with detailed data analysis and form factor considerations.

Contribution

It introduces an eikonal model approach that aligns proton interpretation with ontological views, contrasting with traditional Coulomb-hadronic interference models.

Findings

Protons are more peripheral in elastic interactions according to the eikonal model.

Electromagnetic form factors significantly influence hadron interaction parameters.

Analysis of elastic data supports peripheral behavior over central interpretation.

Abstract

Under the influence of standardly used description of Coulomb-hadronic interference proposed by West and Yennie the protons have been interpreted as transparent objects; elastic events have been interpreted as more central than inelastic ones. It will be shown that using eikonal model the protons may be interpreted in agreement with usual ontological conception; elastic processes being more peripheral than inelastic ones. The corresponding results (differing fundamentally from the suggested hitherto models) will be presented by analyzing the most ample elastic data set measured at the ISR energy of 52.8 GeV and the LHC energy of 8 TeV. Detailed analysis of measured differential cross section will be performed and possibility of peripheral behavior on the basis of eikonal model will be presented. The impact of recently established electromagnetic form factors on determination of quantities specifying hadron interaction determined from the fits of experimental elastic data will be analyzed. The influence of some other assumptions on proton characteristics derived from elastic hadronic amplitude determined on the basis of experimental data will be studied, too.