Factorization and hadron-carbon scattering

A recent experiment on the scattering of hadrons on carbon is analysed in a simple Regge-pole model. Use of carbon as a target allows a test of the factorization of the residue of each contributing Regge pole. Using as input the Regge residues given by a parametrization of the high-energy hadron-hadron cross-sections, together with the experimental values of the cross-sections σ(K−C)±σ(K+C) and$$\sigma \left( {\bar pC} \right) + \sigma \left( …