DIFFRACTION MODEL FOR HIGH-ENERGY PP SCATTERING

The asymptotic limit of the pp scattering cross section is considered using a diffraction-scattering model. The calculated differential cross section displays diffraction zeros, which at present energies should be filled in by the real part of the pp scattering; the pp polarization should also show considerable structure. It is shown that the high-energy, large-momentum- transfer hadron-hadron scattering amplitude is proportional in this model to a product of hadron form factors. © 1968 The American Physical Society.