Reggeons in diffractive interactions in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

The "triple-Regge" analysis of subleading Reggeon contributions to the diffractive structure function in DIS at HERA is presented. The recently published data allow to estimate the only free parameter of the analysis related to the ratio of the RRP and PPP couplings. The large value of this ratio is prefered which is in agreement with analyses of soft hadronic interactions. The role of the subleading Reggeons as well as pions for the fast forward neutron production in diffractive processes is estimated. The forward piN state production is also discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, uses sprocl.sty and epsfig. To be published in Proceedings of the Madrid low-x Workshop, Miraflores de la Sierra, June 18-21,199

Geometric scaling for the total gamma^* p cross section in the low x region

We observe that the saturation model of deep inelastic scattering, which successfully describes inclusive and diffractive data at small x, predicts a geometric scaling of the total gamma^* p cross section in the region of small Bjorken variable x. The geometric scaling in this case means that the cross section is a function of only one dimensionless variable tau = Q^2 R_0^2(x), where the function R_0(x) (called saturation radius) decreases with decreasing x. We show that the experimental data from HERA in the region x<0.01 confirm the expectations of this scaling over a very broad region of Q^2. We suggest that the geometric scaling is more general than the saturation model.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, LaTeX, revised version to appear in journal. 1 new figure, several new references added, extended discussion on saturation radiu

Reggeon and pion contributions in semi-exclusive diffractive processes at HERA

A detailed analysis of semi-exclusive diffractive processes in e-p DIS at HERA, with the diffractive final states in the forward direction is presented. The contributions of the subleading f_2, \omega, a_2, \rho reggeons and the pion exchanges to the diffractive structure function with the forward proton or neutron are estimated. It is found that the (a_2,\rho) reggeons are entirely responsible for the forward neutron production at x_P < 10^{-3}. The \pi N production in the forward region is estimated using the Deck mechanism. The significance of this reaction for the processes measured at HERA, especially with the leading neutron, is discussed.Comment: Strongly revised version accepted for publication in Phys.Rev.D. Latex, 14 pages with 5 eps figures include