Abstract
New phenomena discovered at the LHC in nearly forward scattering are discussed. The properties of elastic and inelastic diffraction are related due to Regge factorisation and pomeron dominance.
Highlights
At the LHC, in the nearly forward direction for the first time one can see the isolated pomeron, uncontaminated by secondary reggeon contributions
Deviation from the exponential diffraction cone are studied in details
While the departure from a linear exponential was studied in details both at the ISR and LHC energies, an interpolation between the two is desirable to clarify the uniqueness of the phenomenon
Summary
At the LHC, in the nearly forward direction for the first time one can see the isolated pomeron, uncontaminated by secondary (non-leading) reggeon contributions. The input pomeron is a double pole in the j plane, lying on a non-linear trajectory. Deviation from the exponential diffraction cone are studied in details.
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