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For the \(\bar pp\) and pp systems, we have used all of the extensive data of the Particle Data Group [K. Hagiwara et al. (Particle Data Group), Phys. Rev. D 66, 010001 (2002)]. We then subject these data to a screening process, the “Sieve” algorithm [M. M. Block, physics/0506010], in order to eliminate “ outliers” that can skew a χ2 fit. With the “Sieve” algorithm, a robust fit using a Lorentzian distribution is first made to all of the data to sieve out abnormally high Δχ 2 i , the individual ith point’s contribution to the total χ2. The χ2 fits are then made to the sieved data. We demonstrate that we cleanly discriminate between asymptotic ln s and ln2 s behavior of total hadronic cross sections when we require that these amplitudes also describe, on average, low energy data dominated by resonances. We simultaneously fit real analytic amplitudes to the “sieved” high energy measurements of \(\bar pp\) and pp total cross sections and ρ-values for \(\sqrt s \) ≥ GeV, while requiring that their asymptotic fits smoothly join the the σ pp and σpp total cross sections at \(\sqrt s \) = 4.0 GeV—again both in magnitude and slope. Our results strongly favor a high energy ln2 s fit, basically excluding a ln s fit. Finally, we make a screened Glauber fit for the p-air cross section, using as input our precisely-determined pp cross sections at cosmic ray energies.
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Block, M.M. The Elusive p-air cross section. Czech J Phys 56 (Suppl 1), A77–A90 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10582-006-0144-0
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