Scaling of high-energy elastic scattering and the observation of Odderon

Abstract

We provide a statistically significant observation of the elusive Odderon exchange, based on novel and model-independent analysis of the scaling properties of the differential cross sections of elastic $pp$ and $p\bar{p}$ scattering in the TeV energy range. We report the statistical significance of the observed Odderon signal at the level of 6.26$\sigma$.

11 pages, 2 figures, theoretical results added to Figs. 1 and 2, discussion improved, connection to elastic scattering pp measurements at RHIC added, conclusions and Odderon significance unchanged