1206.1076 (Agnes Grau et al.)

Checks of asymptotia in pp elastic scattering at LHC    [PDF]

Agnes Grau, Simone Pacetti, Giulia Pancheri, Yogendra N. Srivastava

We parametrize TOTEM data for the elastic differential pp cross section at sqrt(s)=7 TeV in terms of two exponentials with a relative phase. We employ two previously derived sum rules for pp elastic scattering amplitude in impact parameter space to check whether asymptotia has been reached at the LHC. A detailed study of the TOTEM data for the elastic differential cross section at sqrt(s)=7 TeV is made and it is shown that, within errors, the asymptotic sum rules are satisfied at LHC. We propose to use this parametrization to study forthcoming higher energy data.

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