https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2006-02572-0
Theoretical Physics
Leading neutron spectra
1
Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 117259, Russia
2
Department of Physics and Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, Durham, UK
3
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, St. Petersburg, 188300, Russia
* e-mail: v.a.khoze@durham.ac.uk
Received:
27
February
2006
Published online:
16
June
2006
It is shown that the observation of the spectra of leading neutrons from proton beams can be a good probe of absorptive and migration effects. We quantify how these effects modify the reggeized pion-exchange description of the measurements of leading neutrons at HERA. We are able to obtain a satisfactory description of all the features of these data. We also briefly discuss the corresponding data for leading baryons produced in hadron–hadron collisions.
© Springer-Verlag, 2006
