Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2002-06-26
Phys.Rev. D66 (2002) 094005
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
19 pages with 4 figures,(eps and ps files), Latex
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.66.094005
We explore the consequences for diffractive production, gamma* p --> X p, in deep inelastic scattering at low values of x\sim Q^2/W^2 <<1 that follow from our recent representation of the total photoabsorption cross section, sigma_{gamma* p}, in the generalized vector dominance/ color dipole picture(GVD/CDP) that is based on the generic structure of the two-gluon-exchange from QCD. Sum rules are derived that relate the transverse and the longitudinal (virtual) photoabsorption cross section to diffractive forward production of q q-bar states that carry photon quantum numbers ("elastic diffraction"). Agreement with experiment in the W^2 and Q^2 dependence is found for M_X^2/Q^2<<1, where M_X is the mass of the produced system X. An additional component ("inelastic diffraction"), not actively contributing to the forward Compton amplitude, is needed for diffractive production at high values of M_X. Our previous theoretical representation of the total photoabsorption cross section sigma_{gamma* p}=sigma_{gamma* p}(eta), in terms of the scaling variable eta=(Q^2+m_0^2)/Lambda^2(W^2) is extended to include the entire kinematic domain, x=<0.1 and all Q^2 with Q^2>=0, where scaling in eta holds experimentally.
Kuroda Masaaki
Schildknecht Dieter
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