Eur. Phys. J. C 69, 641-655 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1426-z

Elastic π ⁺ p and π ⁺ π ⁺ scattering at LHC

¹ Institute for High Energy Physics, 142 281, Protvino, Russia
² University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

Roman.Rioutine@cern.ch

Received: 26 May 2010
Revised: 8 July 2010
Published online: 14 September 2010

Abstract

We discuss the possibility of measuring leading neutron production at the LHC. These data could be used to extract from it π ⁺ p and π ⁺ π ⁺ cross sections. In this note we give some estimates for the case of elastic cross sections and discuss related problems and prospects.