The Regge Pole Model and Forward Elastic Data at High Energies ? An Analysis

Abstract

Using O"to" Re/lm and relevant forward differential cross-section data up to the highest available energies we determine the P, f, p, OJ, A2 intercepts and forward residues in nN, NN and KN scattering. We find evidence for low-lying contributions in the nN and NN non-flip amplitudes including the 0" trajectory in the nN case. We also test various phenomenological notions like exchange degeneracy (EXD) , p universality, OJ universality etc. against our parameter values. Comparison is made with other works.