Multi-Regge Baryon Exchange and Central Interactions

Abstract
We find that the double differential cross section for pp inelastic collisions at high energy can be well reproduced over a range of two decades by a simple version of the multi-Regge model, in which baryon exchange is responsible for large momentum transfers to the final proton. The model is an asymptotic one, and we show predictions at 70 and 200 GeV/c.