Proton-proton Cross Section at sqrt(s) \sim 30 TeV

Abstract

There are both theoretical and experimental uncertainties in using data from cosmic-ray air showers to estimate hadronic cross sections above accelerator energies. We outline these problems and compare the physics used to extract σ_{pp}^{tot} from air shower data to the widely used parameterization of the proton-proton cross section of Donnachie and Landshoff and other contemporary models. We conclude that the published cosmic-ray cross section values do not strongly constrain σ_{pp}^{tot} fits from lower energy accelerator data.

15 pages, revtex, epsfig, 3 figures

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