We present a unified direct calculation of the triple-pomeron coupling
A_{3\Pom}(Q^{2}) for diffractive real photoproduction (Q2=0) and deep
inelastic scattering at large Q2 in the framework of the dipole approach
to the generalized BFKL pomeron. The small phenomenological value of
A_{3\Pom}(0)\approx 0.16\,GeV2, which was a mystery, is related to the
small correlation radius Rc​≈0.3\,fm for the perturbative gluons. We
confirm the early expectations of weak Q2 dependence of the dimensionfull
coupling A_{3\Pom}(Q^{2}) and predict that it rises by the factor ∼1.6
from real photoproduction to deep inelastic scattering.Comment: 14 pages, 1 figure (request from [email protected]),
Juelich preprint KFA-IKP(Th)-1994-3