Physics NotePublished
Effective Fire-Tube and Geometric Scaling in Proton-Proton and Proton-Antiproton Collisions
R. A. M. S. Nazareth; N. Prado; T. Kodama
1989
Publication details
- Authors
- R. A. M. S. Nazareth; N. Prado; T. Kodama
- Type
- Physics Note
- Status
- Published
- Publication date
- 1989
- Description
- The simple phenomenological model for proton-proton process from Ref. 1 is developed. The model combines a fireball formation process via string fragmentation mechanism for the spacetime development of a non-perturbative fire-tube of excited vacuum, with a subsequent final hadron production through fireball decays. The effective string tension is proportional to the fire-tube transversal area determined by the overlap area of the two colliding protons. The overlap area is a function of the impact parameter and the proton-proton total cross-section. An excellent agreement with experimental data is obtained for a wide energy range covering from <math>\sqrt{s}\sim 20 \ GeV </math> to <math> 1 \ TeV \,\!</math>.
- Year
- 1989
- Number
- CBPF-NF-024/89
- Linked to a thesis
- No
- Linked to a grant
- No