Benchmarks for the forward observables at RHIC, the Tevatron-run II, and the LHC

in Physical Review Letters (2002), 89(20), 201801

We present predictions on the total cross sections and on the ratio of the real part to the imaginary part of the elastic amplitude (rho parameter) for present and future pp and pbar p colliders, and on ... [more ▼]

We present predictions on the total cross sections and on the ratio of the real part to the imaginary part of the elastic amplitude (rho parameter) for present and future pp and pbar p colliders, and on total cross sections for gamma p -> hadrons at cosmic-ray energies and for gamma gamma-> hadrons up to sqrt{s}=1 TeV. These predictions are based on an extensive study of possible analytic parametrisations invoking the biggest hadronic dataset available at t=0. The uncertainties on total cross sections, including the systematic errors due to contradictory data points from FNAL, can reach 1.9% at RHIC, 3.1% at the Tevatron, and 4.8% at the LHC, whereas those on the rho parameter are respectively 5.4%, 5.2%, and 5.4%. [less ▲]

Forward observables at RHIC, the Tevatron Run II and the LHC

in Fiore, R.; Jenkowszky, L. (Eds.) DIFFRACTION 2002, Interpretation of the New Diffractive Phenomena in Quantum Chromodynamics and in the S-Matrix Theory (2002)

We present predictions on the total cross sections and on the ratio of the real part to the imaginary part of the elastic amplitude (rho parameter) for present and future pp and pbar p colliders, and on ... [more ▼]

We present predictions on the total cross sections and on the ratio of the real part to the imaginary part of the elastic amplitude (rho parameter) for present and future pp and pbar p colliders, and on total cross sections for gamma p -> hadrons at cosmic-ray energies and for gamma gamma -> hadrons up to sqrt(s)=1 TeV. These predictions are based on a study of many possible analytic parametrisations and invoke the current hadronic dataset at t=0. The uncertainties on total cross sections, including the systematic theoretical errors, reach 1% at RHIC, 3% at the Tevatron, and 10% at the LHC, whereas those on the rho parameter are respectively 10%, 17%, and 26%. [less ▲]

Overview of the COMPETE program. ((V))

in Jenkovsky, L.; Fiore, R. (Eds.) DIFFRACTION 2002: INTERPRETATION OF THE NEW DIFFRACTIVE PHENOMENA IN QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS AND IN THE S - MATRIX THEORY (2002)

New measures of the quality and of the reliability of fits applied to forward hadronic data at t = 0

in H.M. Fried; Gabellini, Y.; Muller, B. (Eds.) NON - PERTURBATIVE QCD (2001)