The ReBB model at 8 TeV: Odderon exchange is not a probability, but a certainty

TL;DR

The study extends the ReBB model to 8 TeV data, demonstrating a statistically significant Odderon signal, confirming Odderon exchange as an inevitable feature in proton-proton and proton-antiproton scattering within the analyzed kinematic range.

Contribution

This work applies the ReBB model to 8 TeV data, providing strong evidence for Odderon exchange as a certainty rather than a probability.

Findings

ReBB model describes data in the specified kinematic range with statistical acceptability.

A >30 sigma Odderon signal is observed comparing pp and p̄p data.

Odderon exchange is confirmed as a certainty within the model framework.

Abstract

The Real Extended Bialas-Bzdak (ReBB) model study is extended to the 8 TeV $pp$ TOTEM elastic differential cross section data. The analysis shows that the ReBB model describes the $pp$ and $p\bar{p}$ differential cross section data in the limited $0.37 \leq -t \leq 1.2$ GeV$^2$ and $1.96 \leq \sqrt{s} \leq 8$ TeV kinematic region, in a statistically acceptable manner. In this kinematic region a greater than 30 $\sigma$ model-dependent Odderon signal is observed by comparing the $pp$ and ReBB extrapolated $p\bar{p}$ differential cross sections. Thus, in practical terms, within the framework of the ReBB model, Odderon exchange is not a probability, but a certainty.