Phys. Rev. D 41, 103 - 110 (1990)Total cross sections, hadronic geometry, and interaction dynamics in high-energy collisions |
M. Buenerd and C. Furget
Institut des Sciences Nucléaires de Grenoble, 53 avenue des Martyrs, 38026 Grenoble, CEDEX, France
Received 31 October 1988
The geometrical interpretation of high-energy hadronic cross sections is discussed. Evidence is provided, by means of a simple model, that hadron-hadron total cross sections are not governed by geometry only, and that the interaction dynamics is flavor dependent and determines to a large extent the cross section of hadronic systems. The same conclusion is reached in a numerical approach of the problem.
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URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v41/p103
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.41.103
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