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T1 - Odderon Exchange from Elastic Scattering Differences between pp and p¯p Data at 1.96 TeV and from pp Forward Scattering Measurements
AU - D0 Collaboration
AU - TOTEM Collaboration
AU - Beri, S.B.
AU - Bertram, I.
AU - Borissov, G.
AU - Burdin, S.
AU - Fox, H.
AU - Ratoff, P.N.
PY - 2021/8/6
Y1 - 2021/8/6
N2 - We describe an analysis comparing the pp¯ elastic cross section as measured by the D0 Collaboration at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV to that in pp collisions as measured by the TOTEM Collaboration at 2.76, 7, 8, and 13 TeV using a model-independent approach. The TOTEM cross sections, extrapolated to a center-of-mass energy of s=1.96 TeV, are compared with the D0 measurement in the region of the diffractive minimum and the second maximum of the pp cross section. The two data sets disagree at the 3.4σ level and thus provide evidence for the t-channel exchange of a colorless, C-odd gluonic compound, also known as the odderon. We combine these results with a TOTEM analysis of the same C-odd exchange based on the total cross section and the ratio of the real to imaginary parts of the forward elastic strong interaction scattering amplitude in pp scattering for which the significance is between 3.4σ and 4.6σ. The combined significance is larger than 5σ and is interpreted as the first observation of the exchange of a colorless, C-odd gluonic compound.
AB - We describe an analysis comparing the pp¯ elastic cross section as measured by the D0 Collaboration at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV to that in pp collisions as measured by the TOTEM Collaboration at 2.76, 7, 8, and 13 TeV using a model-independent approach. The TOTEM cross sections, extrapolated to a center-of-mass energy of s=1.96 TeV, are compared with the D0 measurement in the region of the diffractive minimum and the second maximum of the pp cross section. The two data sets disagree at the 3.4σ level and thus provide evidence for the t-channel exchange of a colorless, C-odd gluonic compound, also known as the odderon. We combine these results with a TOTEM analysis of the same C-odd exchange based on the total cross section and the ratio of the real to imaginary parts of the forward elastic strong interaction scattering amplitude in pp scattering for which the significance is between 3.4σ and 4.6σ. The combined significance is larger than 5σ and is interpreted as the first observation of the exchange of a colorless, C-odd gluonic compound.
KW - Atomic physics
KW - Physics
KW - A-center
KW - Elastic cross sections
KW - Imaginary parts
KW - Model independent
KW - Scattering amplitudes
KW - Scattering measurements
KW - Strong interaction
KW - Forward scattering
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.062003
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.062003
M3 - Journal article
VL - 127
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
SN - 1079-7114
IS - 6
M1 - 062003
ER -