Visualizations of the Exclusive Central Diffraction

Abstract

The case of the low invariant mass exclusive central diffractive production is considered in the general theoretical framework. It is shown that diffractive patterns (differential cross-sections on variables like transfer momenta squared, the azimuthal angle between final hadrons and their combinations) can serve as a unique tool to explore the picture of the $pp$ interaction and falsify theoretical models. Basic kinematical and dynamical properties of the process are considered in detail. As an example, visualizations of diffractive patterns in the model with three pomerons for processes $p+p\to p+R+p$ and $p+p\to p+{\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}+p$ are presented.

12 pages, 8 figures, minor corrections in the text, 1 reference has been added

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