Physics Letters B (May 2018)

Black disk, maximal Odderon and unitarity

  • V.A. Khoze,
  • A.D. Martin,
  • M.G. Ryskin

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 780
pp. 352 – 356

Abstract

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We argue that the so-called maximal Odderon contribution breaks the ‘black disk’ behavior of the asymptotic amplitude, since the cross section of the events with Large Rapidity Gaps grows faster than the total cross section. That is the ‘maximal Odderon’ is not consistent with unitarity.