Increasing effective intensity of soft strong interactions

TL;DR

This paper introduces a measurable concept called effective interaction intensity for soft hadron collisions, analyzing its energy dependence to better understand the factors driving total cross-section growth at accelerator energies.

Contribution

It defines and discusses the energy dependence of effective interaction intensity in soft hadron collisions, aiding in separating the effects of interaction radius and intensity increase.

Findings

Effective interaction intensity is experimentally measurable.

It helps distinguish between interaction radius growth and intensity increase.

The analysis clarifies the origin of total cross-section growth at accelerator energies.

Abstract

We suggest definition of effective interaction intensity for soft hadron collisions and discuss its energy dependence in the preasymptotic region. Practical importance of this quantity consists in separation of rising interaction radius from effective interaction intensity increase both contributing to the total cross--section growth. It would be helpful for understanding the origin of this growth at the accelerator energies. The essential feature is that the effective interaction intensity is an experimentally measurable quantity.