J. Breitweg et al., EVENT SHAPE-ANALYSIS OF DEEP-INELASTIC SCATTERING EVENTS WITH A LARGERAPIDITY GAP AT HERA, Physics letters. Section B, 421(1-4), 1998, pp. 368-384
A global event shape analysis of the multihadronic final states observ
ed in neutral current deep inelastic scattering events with a large ra
pidity gap with respect to the proton direction is presented. The anal
ysis is performed in the range 5 less than or equal to Q(2) less than
or equal to 185 GeV2 and 160 less than or equal to W less than or equa
l to 250 GeV, where Q(2) is the virtuality of the photon and W is the
virtual-photon proton centre of mass energy. Particular emphasis is pl
aced on the dependence of the shape variables, measured in the gamma-
pomeron rest frame, on the mass of the hadronic final state, M-X. With
increasing M-X the multihadronic final state becomes more collimated
and planar. The experimental results are compared with several models
which attempt to describe diffractive events. The broadening effects e
xhibited by the data require in these models a significant gluon compo
nent of the pomeron. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.