Comment on the Chou-Yang model for elastic scattering

The Chou-Yang model forpp elastic scattering, modified to include the effect of coupled inelastic channels, is used to fit recent data in the region of the dip, i.e., 1.0≦|t|≦2.0 (GeV/c)² for incident momenta ranging from 35 to 250 GeV/c. Good quantitative agreement is found for an inelastic coupling which is predominantly real, as compared to the mostly imaginary elastic coupling. Implications for dips at highert, which are predicted by the model but as yet not observed experimentally, are discussed.