Absorptive corrections to multihadron production and the unit intercept of the Pomeron

We propose a simple absorptive model for multihadron production in which the zero strength limit (g → 0) of the strong interactions is a vector theory, the Pomeron intercept is predicted to be at α_p=1 for any value of g, and the leading non-Pomeron singularity is at $\text{α}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>R</mtext>}}\text{=1?}\text{g}\text{2}$. Themodel can accommodate correlations and incorporates the unitarity (Froissart) bound. Other properties of the model are discussed.