Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2000-07-18
Phys.Rept. 350 (2001) 93-289
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
213 pages
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-1573(00)00122-8
We present a new parton model approach for hadron-hadron interactions and, in particular, for the initial stage of nuclear collisions at very high energies (RHIC, LHC and beyond). The most important aspect of our approach is a self-consistent treatment, using the same formalism for calculating cross sections and particle production, based on an effective, QCD-inspired field theory, where many of the inconsistencies of presently used models will be avoided. In addition, we provide a unified treatment of soft and hard scattering, such that there is no fundamental cutoff parameter any more defining an artificial border between soft and hard scattering. Our approach cures some of the main deficiencies of two of the standard procedures currently used: the Gribov-Regge theory and the eikonalized parton model. There, cross section calculations and particle production cannot be treated in a consistent way using a common formalism. In particular, energy conservation is taken care of in case of particle production, but not concerning cross section calculations. In addition, hard contributions depend crucially on some cutoff, being divergent for the cutoff being zero. Finally, in case of several elementary scatterings, they are not treated on the same level: the first collision is always treated differently than the subsequent ones. All these problems are solved in our new approach.
Drescher Hans-Joachim
Hladik Michael
Ostapchenko Sergey
Pierog Tanguy
Werner Kirstin
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