Regge phenomenology of inclusive reactions

Abstract

This project is devoted to updating the Regge phenomenology of inclusive reaction and correlation, with the help of the low p_T data acquired over the last 5 years or so. The analyses over the fragmentation region are largely based on the Mueller-Regge formalism. For the central cross-section and correlation data, however, the Mueller-Regge formalism is seen to be inadequate; and the analyses are largely based on the multiperipheral cluster model and the Gribov calculus. The effort has been to make the individual sections self-contained, at the cost of some duplication. The important gaps remaining in the data, as also in the theoretical interpretation of the available data, are brought out at the end of the relevant sections.