ISSN:
1434-6052
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract. We study inclusive electroproduction on the proton at low x and low $Q^2$ using a soft and a hard Pomeron. The contribution of the soft Pomeron is based on the Stochastic Vacuum Model, in which a nonperturbative dipole-dipole cross section can be calculated by means of a gauge invariant gluon field strength correlator. To model the hard Pomeron exchange we phenomenologically extend the leading order evolution of a power-behaved structure function, $F_2 \propto x^{- \lambda}$ , proposed by López and Ynduráin. This extension allows to consider both the case $Q^2 = 0$ and the region of higher $Q^2$ on the basis of the same parametrization. A good simultaneous fit to the data on $F_2$ and on the cross section $\sigma_{\gamma p}$ of real photoproduction is obtained for $\lambda=0.37$ . With four parameters we achieve a $\chi^2/\textrm{d.o.f.} = 0.98$ for 222 data points. In addition, we use our model of the inclusive $\gamma^{\ast} p$ interaction to compute the longitudinal structure function $F_L$ .
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s100530050508
