Description of LHC data in a soft interaction model

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We show in this paper that we have found a set of parameters in our model for the soft interactions at high energy, that successfully describes all high energy experimental data, including the LHC data.

• This model is based on a single Pomeron with large intercept $\Delta_\pom = 0.23$ and slope $\alpha'_\pom = 0$, that describes both long and short distance processes.
• It also provides a natural matching with perturbative QCD.
• All features of our model are similar to the expectations of N=4 SYM, which at present is the only theory that is able to treat srong interactions on a theoretical basis.