Ultra-high Energy Predictions of proton-air Cross Sections from Accelerator Data

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dc.creatorBlock, M. M.
dc.date2007-05-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:55:44Z
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dc.descriptionWe predict $σ_{p{-}\rm air}^{\rm prod}$, the proton--air inelastic production cross section, at $pp$ center-of-mass energies $2\le\sqrt s \le 100000$ TeV, using high energy predictions from a saturated Froissart bound parameterization of accelerator data on forward $\bar pp$ and $pp$ scattering amplitudes, together with Glauber theory. The parameterization of the $\bar pp$ and $pp$ cross sections incorporates analyticity constraints and unitarity, allowing accurate extrapolations to ultra-high energies. Our predictions are in excellent agreement with cosmic ray extensive air shower measurements, both in magnitude and in energy dependence
dc.description4 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, manuscript in .TEX
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0705.3037
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0705.3037
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D76:111503,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.111503
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/186176
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleUltra-high Energy Predictions of proton-air Cross Sections from Accelerator Data
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