Phenomenological implications of colliding Regge poles and cuts

Abstract

It is suggested that Regge pole-cut combinations should, in the t < 0 region and until high energies are reached, always be parametrized simply by a complex conjugate pair of Regge poles, with no explicit contribution from the Regge cut. Effects of Regge cuts, at moderate energies, are well represented by complex pairs of poles. Some consequences of this suggestion are described.