Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2005-11-29
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
proceedings of the EPS 2005 conference (Lisboa) 4 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
Recent diffractive structure function measurements in deep inelastic scattering (DIS) by the H1 and ZEUS experiments at HERA are reviewed. In neutral current (NC) DIS, precise measurements have been made of diffraction, $ep \to eXY$, the signature of which is a large rapidity gap (LRG) between the hadronic system $X$ and the proton or one of its low-mass excited states $Y$. New results on charged current (CC) DIS are also presented. They are identified in a CC DIS sample by a large rapidity gap, corresponding to a diffractive process $ep \to \nu XY$ with a $W$ boson exchange. Moreover, within the framework of QCD hard scattering factorisation in DIS, all these data provide constraints on the diffractive parton distribution functions of the proton and predict a large gluon content. For example, the resulting gluon distribution, extracted from the H1 measurements, carries an integrated fraction of about 70% of the exchanged momentum. Note that these functions are crucial inputs for the calculations of diffractive dijet or charm production in DIS. These parton distribution functions may also be applicable to hadron-hadron scattering provided that an additional rapidity gap survival probability is taken into account.
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