Eikonalised minijet model predictions for cross-sections of photon induced processes

TL;DR

This paper uses an eikonalised minijet model to analyze and predict photon-induced total and inelastic cross-sections, comparing results with LEP data and highlighting a faster rise with energy compared to hadronic processes.

Contribution

It applies the eikonalised minijet model to photon-induced processes, providing predictions consistent with experimental data and revealing a faster energy dependence than hadronic interactions.

Findings

Predictions align with LEP measurements.

Photon processes show a faster cross-section rise with energy.

Model parameters fixed using photoproduction data.

Abstract

In this talk I present the results of an analysis of total and inelastic hadronic cross-sections for photon induced processes in the framework of an eikonalised minijet model(EMM). We fix the various input parameters to the EMM calculations by using the data on photoproduction cross-sections and then make predictions for $\siggmhad$ using same values of the parameters. We then compare our predictions with the recent measurements of $\siggmhad$ from LEP. We also show that in the framework of the EMM the rise with $\rts$ of the total/inelastic cross-sections will be faster for photon induced processes than for the processes induced by hadrons like protons.