Resonant mode of elastic scattering of protons at ultra-high energies

An interpretation is given for elastic proton scattering at ultra-high energies with impact-parameter amplitude exceeding the black disk limit. It is shown that this scattering mode can arise due to the contribution of an exceptional intermediate state that unites correlated partons of colliding protons at ultra-high energies into a single coherent system. The behavior of the real part of the amplitude in this mode is discussed.Comment: 11 pages. The lower bound for the energy of the onset of the resonant scattering mode is specifie