Quark, Gluon, Odderon Contributions to Total Cross Section of Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at High Energies

Abstract

Based on the quark-gluon structure of nucleon and the existence of Odderon in nucleon via gluon self-interaction, the elastic scattering of pp at high energies is studied. Our theoretical predictions reproduce experimental data perfectly. The contributions from individual terms of quark-quark, gluon-gluon interactions, quark-gluon interference and the Odderon terms to total cross section are analyzed. In addition to the leading quark-quark contribution, the Odderon contribution is quite important. In particular, the Odderon plays an essential role in fitting to data. Therefore, We may claim that the high energy pp and p̄p elastic scattering may be good processes to search for the Odderon, the three Reggeized gluon bound states.