Why the Real Part of the Proton-Proton Forward Scattering Amplitude Should be Measured at the LHC

C. Bourrely, N. N. Khuri, A. Martin +2

For the energy of 14 TeV, to be reached at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), we have had for some time accurate predictions for both the real and imaginary parts of the forward prot…