T. Derrick et al., MEASUREMENT OF THE DIFFRACTIVE STRUCTURE-FUNCTION IN DEEP-INELASTIC SCATTERING AT HERA, Zeitschrift fur Physik. C, Particles and fields, 68(4), 1995, pp. 569-584
This paper presents an analysis of the inclusive properties of diffrac
tive deep inelastic scattering events produced in ep interactions at H
ERA. The events are characterised by a rapidity gap between the outgoi
ng proton system and the remaining hadronic system. Inclusive distribu
tions are presented and compared with Monte Carlo models for diffracti
ve processes. The data are consistent with models where the pomeron st
ructure function has a hard and a soft contribution. The diffractive s
tructure function is measured as a function of x(p), the momentum frac
tion lost by the proton, of beta, the momentum fraction of the struck
quark with respect to x(p), and of Q(2) in the range 6.3 10(-4) < x(p)
< 10(-2), 0.1 < .beta < 0.8 and 8 < Q(2) < 100 GeV2. The x(p) depende
nce is consistent with the form (1/x(p))(alpha) where alpha = 1.30 +/-
0.08 (stat)(-0.14)(+0.08) (sys) in all bins of beta and Q(2). In the
measured Q(2) range, the diffractive structure function approximately
scales with Q(2) at fixed beta. In an Ingelman-Schlein type model wher
e commonly used pomeron flux factor normalisations are assumed, it is
found that the quarks within the pomeron do not saturate the momentum
sum rule.