Froissart bound and self-similarity based models of proton structure functions

Abstract

Froissart Bound implies that the total proton-proton cross-section (or equivalently structure function) cannot rise faster than the logarithmic growth ${\log }^{2}s\sim {\log }^{2}1/x$, where \textit{s} is the square of the center of mass energy and \textit{x} is the Bjorken variable. Compatibility of such behavior with the notion of self-similarity in a model of structure function suggested by us sometime back is now generalized to more recent improved self-similarity based models and compare with recent data as well as with the model of Block, Durand, Ha and McKay. Our analysis suggests that Froissart bound compatible self-similarity based models are possible with ${\log }^{2}1/x$ rise in limited $x-Q^2$ ranges of HERA data, but their phenomenological ranges validity are narrower than the corresponding models having power law rise in $1/x$.

24 pages, 4 figures

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