Energy evolution of the large-t elastic scattering and its correlation with multiparticle production

Abstract

It is emphasized that the collective dynamics associated with color confinement is dominating over a point-like mechanism related to a scattering of the proton constituents at the currently available values of the momentum transferred in proton elastic scattering at the LHC. Deep--elastic scattering and its role in the dissimilation of the absorptive and reflective asymptotic scattering mechanisms are discussed with emphasis on the experimental signatures associated with the multiparticle production processes.

Comments: 6 pages, 1 figure, Contribution to the Proceedings of DIFFRACTION 2012, International Workshop on Diffraction in High-Energy Physics, Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote Canary Islands (Spain), September 10 - 15, 2012