A simple semiquantitative picture of diffractive electroproduction is
described. Although the diffractive component of F2​ is approximately
independent of Q2 and W2, this mechanism is "soft," i.e. it depends upon
large-distance physics and is not readily describable within perturbative QCD.Comment: LaTex 14 pages, 3 figures. To obtain a copy, send e-mail to
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