Deep inelastic inclusive and diffractive scattering at $Q^2$ values from 25 to 320 GeV${}^2$ with the ZEUS forward plug calorimeter

Abstract

Deep inelastic scattering and its diffractive component, $ep\to e^{\prime }{\gamma }^{\ast }p\to e^{\prime }XN$, have been studied at HERA with the ZEUS detector using an integrated luminosity of 52.4 pb${}^{-1}$. The $M_X$ method has been used to extract the diffractive contribution. A wide range in the centre-of-mass energy $W$ (37 -- 245 GeV), photon virtuality $Q^2$ (20 -- 450 GeV${}^2$) and mass $M_X$ (0.28 -- 35 GeV) is covered. The diffractive cross section for $2<M_X<15$ GeV rises strongly with $W$, the rise becoming steeper as $Q^2$ increases. The data are also presented in terms of the diffractive structure function, $F_2^{\mathrm{D}(3)}$, of the proton. For fixed $Q^2$ and fixed $M_X$, $\xpom F^{\rm D(3)}_2$ shows a strong rise as $\xpom \to 0$, where $\xpom$ is the fraction of the proton momentum carried by the Pomeron. For Bjorken-$x<1\cdot 10^{-3}$, $\xpom F^{\rm D(3)}_2$ shows positive $\log Q^2$ scaling violations, while for $x\ge 5\cdot 10^{-3}$ negative scaling violations are observed. The diffractive structure function is compatible with being leading twist. The data show that Regge factorisation is broken.

89 pages, 27 figures

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