Duality Constraints on Inclusive Reactions. II. The Role of the Harari-Freund Conjecture

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Abstract
We present a scheme for the generalization of the two-component theory of Harari and Freund to multiparticle amplitudes and, in particular, to inclusive reactions. Our scheme is based on duality and borrows the terminology of dual perturbation theory but we do not restrict our generalizations to any specific model. We obtain a criterion for the absence of secondary (nonscaling) Regge contributions in inclusive reactions. We show how inclusive reactions may approach their limiting values from below, in contrast to total cross sections which always have positive secondary contributions. The scheme suggests a novel interpretation of diffraction dissociation which we discuss in a separate paper.